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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS.  Finland will re-open two checkpoints on its eastern border with Russia from Thursday 14 December, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) announced on Tuesday.

According to YLE News, the two checkpoints to re-open are located at Vaalimaa, in the southeast of the country, and at Niirala, in North Karelia.

The remaining six crossing points along the Finnish-Russian frontier will remain closed.

The authorities will close the border again if the situation changes.

The Finnish government closed the entire eastern border nearly two weeks ago in response to a suspected Russian 'hybrid attack' involving increasing numbers of undocumented migrants arriving at Finnish checkpoints.