During the week from October 3 to October 9, 2022, approximately 6.6 thousand Russian nationals crossed the border from Russia to Finland. The number of legal crossings in the opposite direction over the same time period was nearly 3.6 thousand higher. Overall from February 24, 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, around 513.4 thousand entries into Finland by Russian citizens were recorded, compared to nearly 474.5 thousand departures. The second-leading European Union (EU) country by Russian entries was Estonia, at over 353.5 thousand.
Number of legal border crossings of Russian citizens to and from the European Union (EU) from February 24, 2022 to October 9, 2022, by country and border
Characteristic
Entries from February 24, 2022
Departures from February 24, 2022
Entries over the past week
Departures over the past week
Finland
513,364
474,544
6,562
10,151
Estonia
353,531
366,015
7,851
9,920
Lithuania (border with Belarus)
189,354
164,276
3,836
3,792
Lithuania (border with Russia)
174,500
158,339
3,669
3,826
Latvia (border with Russia)
43,332
47,789
701
740
Poland (border with Russia)
37,143
50,615
992
1,181
Latvia (border with Belarus)
23,736
19,308
373
395
Poland (border with Belarus)
21,968
45,995
502
720
Norway
13,640
11,534
1,164
686
Poland (border with Ukraine)
8,567
3,463
31
77
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