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The Soviet Union built a fence along the entire border towards [[Norway]] and [[Finland]]. It is located one or a few kilometres from the border, and has automatic alarms detecting if someone climbs over it. |
The Soviet Union built a fence along the entire border towards [[Norway]] and [[Finland]]. It is located one or a few kilometres from the border, and has automatic alarms detecting if someone climbs over it. |
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Historian Juha Pohjonen stated in a 2005 study that people who escaped the USSR to Finland were sent back, based on a policy that was implemented [[Unilateralism|unilaterally]] by [[Urho Kekkonen|Uhro Kekkonen]] when he took office in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finland repatriated Soviet defectors |url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/15746 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=[[History News Network]] |
Historian Juha Pohjonen stated in a 2005 study that people who escaped the USSR to Finland were sent back, based on a policy that was implemented [[Unilateralism|unilaterally]] by [[Urho Kekkonen|Uhro Kekkonen]] when he took office in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finland repatriated Soviet defectors |url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/15746 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=[[History News Network]]}}</ref> |
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===== Sea border of the Baltics ===== |
===== Sea border of the Baltics ===== |