Estonia to install additional concrete barriers on the border with the Russian Federation – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

“Last week we installed barriers there (in Narva, editor’s note), and in the near future we will further strengthen the protection of the Narva border crossing by installing additional concrete barriers,” they said in the police press service. local and prefectural border guard. reporters.

The department emphasized that they are closely monitoring what is happening at the border, because “Russia is exerting migration pressure against Estonia and Finland.”

Previously, the country’s Minister of the Interior, Lauri Läänemets, stated that the Estonian authorities are not going to close the checkpoints on the border with Russia following the example of Finland. However, he noted that, if necessary, Estonia could take such a step. “But we will not do it to show our activity or for the sake of our image. We are not so weak that we cannot cope with several dozen immigrants in a week,” the minister stressed.