INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Finland has begun construction of its planned 200-kilometer fence along part of its border with Russia, the country's border guard announced
on Tuesday, as Helsinki fears Moscow could use migrant flows at the frontier for political purposes.Terrain work would begin on Tuesday
"with forest clearance and will proceed in such a way that road construction and fence installation can be started in March," the Finnish
Border Guard said in a statement.The three-kilometer pilot project at the border crossing near Imatra is expected to be completed by the end
of June, it added.Construction of a further 70 kilometers, mainly in southeastern Finland, will take place between 2023 and 2025.In total,
fight in Ukraine.Estonia, Latvia and Poland have also increased security on their borders with Russia or are planning to do so.
