Russian Computer Problems Bring Lorry Queues to Border
Lorry queues formed on Thursday and Friday at three crossings at the Russian border. AT 3:30 P.M. on Friday, the queue to the Vaalimaa crossing was 42 kilometres long. A temporary parking area for lorries waiting to cross into Russia was set up west of Summa between Hamina and Kotka on the south coast.
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The backup was reportedly caused by problems in the computer system on the Russian side of the border.
On Friday afternoon, lorries were crossing through at Vaalimaa at a rate of between 200 to 300 a day. Normally about 500 vehicles a day are processed through the crossing.
The situation is expected to ease once Russia solves the problems that arose from an update of its computer system.
