While closing of the Estonian-Russian border to Russian citizens with tourist visas has reduced the number of arrivals from Russia also under the conditions of the mobilization announced there, the Police and Border Guard Board has strengthened controls in the port of Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). in order to control Russian citizens coming to Estonia through the Finnish border, which is still open for the time being.
Schengen compensation measures mean that, if under normal circumstances there is no control at the internal Schengen border, police officers can still check the legality of people's stay in Estonia throughout the country. In the current case, this is done as soon as the cars have disembarked from the ship arriving from Helsinki in the port of Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). .
Over the past two days, the police have checked more than 90 vehicles in the port of Tallinn Tallinn, the largest city and capital of Estonia (population 440 000). , and not a single violation has been detected. All checked people had the right to enter and stay in Estonia. Mostly, Estonia was used as a transit to move on to other countries.
According to the Finnish border guard, nearly 8,600 Russian citizens arrived in Finland via the eastern border on Saturday. A week earlier, there were 3,600 border crossings. According to the Finnish border guard, Russians use Finland as a transit country, the number of asylum seekers at the border has not increased.