Estonia will destroy beaver dams to protect its border with Russia
Estonian border guards will destroy beaver dams along the rivers and streams bordering on Russia because these constructions facilitate the transit of smugglers, ERR reports.
Beaver dams are located in Southeastern Estonia on the Pededze and Piusa rivers, as well as on some small streams. A tender has already been announced to find a contractor for the task.
It would be necessary to cut the trees lying on Russian territory along the border line. However, the contractor's challenge is to avoid crossing the coastline of Russia while performing the job.
They will also have to negotiate with the Russian border guards about cutting the trees that have either fallen down from the Russian shore or are still growing there.
Work cannot begin until such an agreement has been reached but Estonian authorities have given a 15-day deadline to destroy the dams.
As reported before, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have begun to introduce additional border control measures and to erect fences on their eastern borders.