{"id":5992,"date":"2026-09-17T23:41:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/finnish-foreign-ministry-official-details-how-russias-hybrid-warfare-reshaped-border-security\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T23:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:41:44","slug":"finnish-foreign-ministry-official-details-how-russias-hybrid-warfare-reshaped-border-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/finnish-foreign-ministry-official-details-how-russias-hybrid-warfare-reshaped-border-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish foreign ministry official details how Russia&#8217;s &#8216;hybrid warfare&#8217; reshaped border security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Russian tactics designed to disrupt <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225449\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/the-european-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European nations<\/a> forced neighboring Finland to fundamentally rethink its border security, culminating in the recent completion of a new border fence along its eastern frontier.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Finland constructed roughly 124 miles of fencing along its border with <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225450\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia,<\/a> a secondary security measure intended to stem the flow of unauthorized Russian migrants, Petri Hakkarainen, political director for the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We have in the past witnessed Russia&#8217;s attempts \u2026 to instrumentalize migrants at the Finnish border,&#8221; Hakkarainen said. &#8220;Basically pushing migrants towards our borders, forcing us then to take them on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225451\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/nato-ally-poland-warns-russia-belarus-pushing-illegal-migrants-toward-alliance-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NATO ALLY POLAND WARNS RUSSIA, BELARUS PUSHING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TOWARD ALLIANCE \u2014 AND THE US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A sudden influx forces the Finnish government to process large volumes of asylum claims, which could destabilize society if carried out on a massive scale, he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In response, Finland closed its entire land border with Russia in 2023. Moscow swiftly filed a formal complaint, condemning the closure as &#8220;Russophobic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/343\/192\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/686\/384\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/672\/378\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1344\/756\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/931\/523\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1862\/1046\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/720\/405\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1440\/810\/finland-border-russia-war-06-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Security cameras overlook the Niirala Border Crossing Station along Finland&#8217;s eastern border with Russia in November 2023 after Finland closed the checkpoint amid heightened border security concerns.<\/span> <span>(Brooke Curto\/Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The Kremlin expressed &#8220;deep regret&#8221; over the move, claiming it replaced decades of &#8220;pragmatic, mutually respectful relations&#8221; with an anti-Russian political stance.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Finland shares an 833-mile border with Russia, the longest of any European Union or <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225452\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/nato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO<\/a> member state. The completed border fence supplements the border closures.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">As Russia remains locked in a war of attrition in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225453\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>, Western officials have accused Moscow of launching widespread destabilization campaigns, ranging from disinformation to state-sponsored economic coercion intended to erode public trust across Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225454\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/finlands-foreign-minister-says-ukraine-is-now-holding-cards-russia-signals-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FINLAND\u2019S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UKRAINE \u2018IS NOW HOLDING THE CARDS\u2019 AS RUSSIA SIGNALS TALKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/343\/192\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/686\/384\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/672\/378\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1344\/756\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/931\/523\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1862\/1046\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/720\/405\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1440\/810\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1200\/675\/finland-border-russia-war-01.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A sign written in Russian along the Finnish border.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Signs near the Niirala Border Crossing Station on Finland&#8217;s eastern border with Russia in November 2023 after the closure of the checkpoint.<\/span> <span>(Brooke Curto\/Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We think it&#8217;s important to listen to those of us who live next door to Russia,&#8221; Hakkarainen said. &#8220;Listen to our analysis of the situation: We consider Russia to be a long-term threat to transatlantic security \u2014 not only to Ukraine, not only to Europeans, but to transatlantic security as a whole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Finland launched the border fence initiative after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a landmark conflict that prompted the historically neutral Nordic nation to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225455\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-pushed-nato-spend-big-now-comes-harder-question-can-europe-actually-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">join NATO in April 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Moscow has long viewed NATO\u2019s eastward expansion as a direct security threat, using it to justify reinforcing its Western defenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">When Finland officially joined the alliance, Helsinki saw an immediate reaction. Over 1,300 migrants without visas arrived at its eastern border.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225456\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/finlands-parliament-votes-lift-decades-old-ban-nuclear-weapons-historic-nato-defense-shift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FINLAND&#8217;S PARLIAMENT VOTES TO LIFT DECADES-OLD BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN HISTORIC NATO DEFENSE SHIFT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/343\/192\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/686\/384\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/672\/378\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1344\/756\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/931\/523\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1862\/1046\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/720\/405\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1440\/810\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1200\/675\/80e4bc7b-finland-border-russia-war-05.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Border scene with no visible subject\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Niirala border crossing point along Finland&#8217;s eastern border with Russia in November 2023 after the Finnish government announced the closure of several border crossings amid concerns over migrant crossings.<\/span> <span>(Brooke Curto\/Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Finland accused Moscow of <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225457\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/russia-preparing-hybrid-attacks-natos-eastern-flank-intelligence-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weaponizing migration<\/a> as an act of &#8220;hybrid warfare,&#8221; a charge the Kremlin denied.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Closing the border checkpoints has proven &#8220;very effective,&#8221; Hakkarainen noted. Beyond physical barriers, Finnish lawmakers passed the Border Security Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The temporary law allows border authorities to restrict asylum applications and turn back migrants if a foreign actor attempts to destabilize the country by funneling people across the border.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225458\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-lithuanian-airspace-russia-grows-increasingly-reckless-rutte-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NATO JETS SHOOT DOWN DRONE IN LITHUANIAN AIRSPACE AS RUSSIA GROWS &#8216;INCREASINGLY RECKLESS,&#8217; RUTTE SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/343\/192\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/686\/384\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/672\/378\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1344\/756\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/931\/523\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1862\/1046\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/720\/405\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1440\/810\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1200\/675\/Finland-Border-Russia-War-04.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A sign at the Niirala border crossing in Finland.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Signs mark the Niirala Border Crossing Point on Finland&#8217;s eastern border with Russia in November 2023 after the Finnish government&#8217;s closure of the crossing.<\/span> <span>(Brooke Curto\/Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">While the law sparked some initial debate over potential human rights and international law violations, Hakkarainen emphasized that national defense took priority.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We take these concerns very seriously,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But national security and our own sovereignty &#8230; weighed more heavily in this conversation, though there is broad majority support for the act.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_1225459\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/italy-spain-border-feud-exposes-europes-deepening-immigration-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ITALY-SPAIN BORDER FEUD EXPOSES EUROPE\u2019S DEEPENING IMMIGRATION DIVIDE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We take our security and preparedness very seriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I would say not despite that, but because of that, we are able to lead very normal lives here \u2014 regardless of the neighbor we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Brooke Curto is a breaking news associate editor at Fox News Digital in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/finnish-foreign-ministry-official-details-russia-hybrid-warfare-reshaped-border-security\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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