In November 2023, the Finnish government closed automotive checkpoints on the border with Russia, purportedly prompted by the uncontrolled flow of refugees from third countries STOCKHOLM ...

Some 100 miles east of its border with Finland, in the Russian city of Petrozavodsk, military engineers are expanding army bases where the Kremlin plans to create a new army headquarters to ...

Russia has begun building new military infrastructure along its border with Finland, in a move Finnish army officials have described as a deliberate attempt to test NATO's alliance and resolve.

Finland has extended its decision to close border crossings with Russia "until further notice" as it remains concerned about "the risk of continued instrumental migration from Russia," the government ...

By leaving the treaty, Finland, which guards NATO’s longest border with Russia, could start stockpiling landmines again to have them at hand should a need arise. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told ...

Senior border guard officer Juho Pellinen stands along a fence marking the boundary between Finland and Russia near the border crossing of Pelkola on Nov. 18, 2022. (Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via ...

Finland shares more than 800 miles of land border ... The White House has also thawed previously icy relations with the Kremlin, watched on with concern among NATO countries close to Russia ...

Finland has decided to keep its border with Russia closed until further notice, it announced Wednesday, citing concerns over “instrumentalized migration” and security in general.

HELSINKI, April 16 (Reuters) - Finland said on Wednesday it had decided to keep its eastern border against neighbouring Russia closed until further notice. Sign up here. "The risk that ...