The Government of the Russian Federation has suspended the decision to reduce the number of checkpoints for the importation of vehicles on the border with Finland until January 1st, 2010. RZD-Partner reports. Order N456 of May 27 was signed by the Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
In April 2008 a Governmental Order was issued limiting the importation of buses and cars to checkpoints at Brusnichnoye-Nuiamaa and Svetogorsk-Imatra. Before that eight motorways checkpoints had been available where cars might be imported through the Russian-Finnish border.
The explanatory message published on the RF Government’s website indicates that the decision to reduce the number of checkpoints was made in order to redistribute freight traffic from the overloaded loaded Torfyanovka-Vaalimaa checkpoint to places where the flow could be qualitively controlled.
That decision caused a sharp reaction on the Finnish side. In the opinion of the Finnish authorities, the reduction of checkpoints would lead to a growth in the number of vehicles waiting in queues at the border. As a result of Russian-Finnish consultations in February, the Russian Government suspended its decision about the reduction in the number of checkpoints until April 1st but since that date only two checkpoints on the Russian Finnish border have been working.
The new Decision to increase the number of the border checkpoints is explained on the Government website by the considerable reduction in foreign cargo going through the border; by a decrease in the number of car carriers, and by the necessity to increase traffic safety on the Svetogorsk – VyborgVyborg road sectors.
The explanatory note cites the Russian Ministry for Economic Development’s analysis of the situation on the Russian-Finnish border road checkpoints, which notes the absence of queues after 1st of April, 2009." and Brusnichnoe –
In April 2008 a Governmental Order was issued limiting the importation of buses and cars to checkpoints at Brusnichnoye-Nuiamaa and Svetogorsk-Imatra. Before that eight motorways checkpoints had been available where cars might be imported through the Russian-Finnish border.
The explanatory message published on the RF Government’s website indicates that the decision to reduce the number of checkpoints was made in order to redistribute freight traffic from the overloaded loaded Torfyanovka-Vaalimaa checkpoint to places where the flow could be qualitively controlled.
That decision caused a sharp reaction on the Finnish side. In the opinion of the Finnish authorities, the reduction of checkpoints would lead to a growth in the number of vehicles waiting in queues at the border. As a result of Russian-Finnish consultations in February, the Russian Government suspended its decision about the reduction in the number of checkpoints until April 1st but since that date only two checkpoints on the Russian Finnish border have been working.
The new Decision to increase the number of the border checkpoints is explained on the Government website by the considerable reduction in foreign cargo going through the border; by a decrease in the number of car carriers, and by the necessity to increase traffic safety on the Svetogorsk – VyborgVyborg road sectors.
The explanatory note cites the Russian Ministry for Economic Development’s analysis of the situation on the Russian-Finnish border road checkpoints, which notes the absence of queues after 1st of April, 2009." and Brusnichnoe –