INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In the past week, at least 150 migrants with expired Russian visas have been detained in the republic of Karelia while heading to the
had been detained after Nov
crossings with Russia at midnight on Nov
18 in response to a sudden influx of asylum seekers from the Middle East and North Africa.Helsinki accused Moscow of deliberately allowing
migrants to enter Finland without the correct travel documents, suggesting it was a tactic to destabilize the country."We deeply regret that
the Finnish leadership has chosen to deliberately move away from what used to be good relations," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
ministry had set up a heating point for migrants at one of the closed checkpoints on the night of the 19th, but it had since been disbanded
