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Finland will continue to transit Russian nuclear fuel, the last delivery having taken place in December, when all road checks (checkpoints) on the Finnish-Russian border were closed almost all the time. Risto Isaksson, a representative of the press service of the country's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Department, told TASS news agency on January 5.
He recalled that transit traffic from Russia was launched in the autumn of 2022.
"Nuclear fuel itself is not subject to sanctions and transit can be expected to continue until sanctions are imposed on nuclear fuel," Isaksson explained.
According to a representative of the regulator, several transits were made in 2023.
Finnish authorities closed all checkpoints on the border with Russia from 30 November to 13 December due to the influx of third-country migrants.
Then, on 14 December, the country briefly reopened two checkpoints, lifted restrictions on their operation and opened passenger and freight traffic through the Vaalimaa (Torfyanovka) and Niirala (Vyartsilya) checkpoints.
Later, on 31 December, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said in his New Year's message that the country's government was looking for new ways to solve the migrant problem at the border with Russia. He also admitted that the closure of the border had made life difficult for many people and businesses.
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