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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Sep 29, 2024, 07:40 PM Sep 29

Norway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following Finland's example

HELSINKI (AP) — Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer (123-mile) border it shares with Russia, a minister said, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland.

“A border fence is very interesting, not only because it can act as a deterrent but also because it contains sensors and technology that allow you to detect if people are moving close to the border,” Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl said in an interview with the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK published late Saturday.

She said the Norwegian government is currently looking at “several measures” to beef up security on the border with Russia in the Arctic north, such as fencing, increasing the number of border staff or stepping up monitoring.

The Storskog border station, which has witnessed only a handful of illegal border crossing attempts in the past few years, is the only official crossing point into Norway from Russia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/norway-mulling-building-fence-border-135643756.html

Talk to Donny. He knows all about walls.

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Norway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following Finland's example (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 29 OP
Unlike Trump, they know better than to expect Russia to pay for it. surfered Sep 29 #1
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