Finland has begun constructing its planned 200-kilometre fence on the Russian border, amid fears within Helsinki that Moscow could use migrant flows at the frontier for political purposes.
The fence is expected to cost about $597 million Russia and Finland share a 1,300 kilometre border.
Russia and Finland share a 1,300 kilometre border The fence is designed to stop large-scale illegal entries from Russian territory.
In total, Finland plans to fence 200 kilometres of its 1,300-kilometre border with Russia at a cost of about 380 million euros ($597 million).
The fence will be over 3 metres tall, with barbed wire at the top and particularly sensitive areas equipped with night-vision cameras, lights and loudspeakers.
Finland's fence on its Russian border will cost an estimated $597 million.
He said the border fence was "indispensable" to stop large-scale illegal entries from Russian territory. »