More than 6,400 Russians traveled into Finland on Thursday by land — a number comparable to weekend traffic, Matti Pitkäniitty, the head of the International Affairs Unit at Finnish Border Guard, tweeted Friday, APA reports.
About 3,227 Russians exited Finland, he added.
Comparing this data with the numbers from August and September, Pitkäniitty said Finland saw around 6,000 Russians arriving in Finland on Saturdays.
Earlier on Friday, Finland’s Border Guard tweeted that vehicle queues at Vaalimaa and Nuijamaa — two border crossings in south east Finland — were longer than they were Thursday.
The queue for Vaalimaa border crossing was approximately 500 meters long at approximately 9 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET).
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