"FSB Facilitates Border Crossing for Migrants, Motel in Kandalaksha Involved"
The FSB, Russia's security service, is allegedly organizing transportation for migrants from the town of Kandalaksha to the Finnish border, where they are given bicycles to cross. This comes after the Finnish government closed four checkpoints along the Finnish-Russian border, leading to an increase in migrants directed by Russia to Finland. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has accused Russia of an organized effort to push migrants to Finland, while experts suggest that Russia may be using forced migration as a tool to create unrest and destabilize NATO. The Finnish Defense Forces are supporting the Border Guard with construction of barriers, and the Kremlin has denied involvement.
- FSB arranges transport to the border, motel in Kandalaksha claims The Independent Barents Observer
- Russia puts migrants on scooters and tells them to cross border into Europe The Telegraph
- Finland says Russian guards likely 'heavily involved' in migrant surge at border Reuters
- The Brief – The bicycle migrants – EURACTIV.com EURACTIV
- Ukraine war in maps: Helsinki accuses Moscow of letting migrants through to the Finnish border euronews
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