Three border checkpoints in the eastern part of Estonia mainly serve Russian citizens(3)

The queue at the Narva border post in December 2025. At least half of them are Russian citizens. Photo: Ilja Smirnov Kristina Nurmetalu, the manager of the Seto Boarding Home, admits that she has been thinking about this for a long time: namely, what will happen if the border with Russia, which Estonia closed off in the country’s southwest a month ago for the night, is suddenly completely closed.

She said that it would be very difficult, very big a collapse if some workers suddenly didn’t show up. “Where will we get the labor force?” (3 comments)

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