Two checkpoints on the border between Finland and russia were open for less than a day

On Thursday, Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantanen announced the re-closure of two checkpoints on the border with russia, which were opened earlier in the day.

This was reported by European Pravda with reference to Yle.

The Finnish Interior Minister announced that the government would make an official decision to close the eastern border crossing points at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday evening.

Rantanen did not give any other details. But, according to Helsingin Sanomat, the reason was russia's decision to allow illegal asylum seekers to cross the border with Finland again.

As a result, all Finnish checkpoints on the border with russia will be closed again.

On Tuesday, the Finnish government decided to open two checkpoints on the border with russia - Vaalimaa and Niirala - from 14 December to 14 January for humanitarian reasons (people living on both sides of the border will be able to visit their relatives).

As a reminder, Finland closed the last checkpoint on the border with russia on 30 November due to the fact that russia began to facilitate the arrival of asylum seekers at the Finnish border.