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2024-05-04 19:16:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 64E23C6D815D5A65681F637C9930925B543922538FFAD7E56F9DE3402B585DF7
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Finland closed its border as a long-term situation due to safety concerns. https://intermin.fi/en/current-issues/situation-at-the-eastern-border https://www.rferl.org/a/finland-russia-border-closed/32890987.html https://www.euronews.com/2024/02/12/life-along-the-closed-land-border-between-finland-and-russia Economic impact on finnish economy has been negligible https://datahuonepilotti.fi/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-effect-on-finnish-companies-trading-in-goods-with-russia/ https://lutpub.lut.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/166314/Master's_Thesis_Taskula_Paula.pdf;jsessionid=DC52B13093EFFF7666E9BA47AECD2EAE?sequence=1 Impact on russia has been extensive: expecially St.Petersburg, suffer isolation from the West. https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/europe/russia https://www.centrumbalticum.org/files/5446/BSR_Policy_Briefing_11_2022.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2023/753943/EPRS_BRI(2023)753943_EN.pdf https://kyivindependent.com/estonia-begins-to-close-border-crossing-with-russia-for-night/
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