Finland allocates funds for building fence on border with Russia

The Finnish authorities in the fourth package of the supplementary budget for this year offered 6 million euros to finance a pilot fencing section on the border with Russia, reported from TASS.

The government clarified that the construction of the barrier fence will begin in 2023 on a three-kilometer pilot section, the construction method will be tested, the functionality of the planned solutions, the implementation of border control during construction, and a model of cooperation with landowners will be created.

The Finnish Ministry of the Interior offered the funding needed to start the project. The barrier should secure about 200 kilometers of the Russian border and will be built in the most important places for border control.

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