Estonia plans to create a 'special zone' along the border with Russia
Estonian authorities will create a special zone along the border they share with Russia. This was said by the Estonian Minister of Internal Affairs, Hanno Pevkur, during an interview with Postimees.
“After the development is complete, there will also be a border zone in Estonia as in other Baltic states. The Latvian border zone is two kilometers wide, while the Finnish one is nearly three kilometers wide,” Pevkur said.
According to him, the width of the zone has not been established yet. However, it has been reported that €71 million from the state budget will be spent on the project’s construction.
Earlier it was reported that Estonia will also spend more than 70 million euros on the construction of a high-tech wall along the border with Russia.
It was previously reported that the Estonian government had approved a draft resolution on the development of the border.
This resolution states that the border strip will be equipped with modern monitoring systems to aid in the prevention of illegal border crossings and cross-border criminal activities.