Finland keeps its Russia border crossings closed for another month amid ongoing hybrid war concerns

The Finnish government says that people are waiting just over the border in Russia for the frontier to be reopened, so they can try to cross.

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00:00 Finland's interior minister says her country will continue to keep the border with Russia

00:05 closed until at least February.

00:10 Mari Rantanen said the measure was extended on national security grounds.

00:16 Restrictions were first imposed on the frontier in November after Helsinki accused Moscow

00:21 of deliberately directing undocumented migrants to the Finnish side.

00:27 Tensions have been soaring between the two countries since Finland joined NATO last year.

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