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Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 123-mile border it shares with Russia, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/1WMyN

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fnorway-russia-border-fence-finland-migrants-arctic-dad4878a24fa550dd9eac9d1a6532274

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[โ€“] sonori@beehaw.org -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This all seems like even more reason to be channeling resources into the security needed to stop well equipped Russian saboteurs, as well as systems to better find people who disappeared or traveled to foreign countries after they were welcomed across the border, instead of a fence that does neither.

[โ€“] red@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

The fence has been effective ever since it was put up, not sure what you are on about.