Finnish gov't earmarks 6 mln euros for pilot section of Russia border fence


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  • Friday, 28 Oct 2022

HELSINKI, Oct. 27 (Xinhua)-- The government of Finland has earmarked six million euros (5.98 million U.S. dollars) for the construction of a three-km pilot section of a fence on the country's border with Russia, it said in a press release on Thursday.

The section will test the method of construction, the functionality of the planned solutions, and the implementation of border control during construction, and will create practices for cooperation with landowners, said the government.

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