Tabloid Iltalehti tell readers on Monday morning that preparations are continuing at the Vartius crossing point on Finland's border with Russia to deal with an expected growing number of people seeking entry.
The paper writes that according to the information it has, hundreds of asylum seekers arrived in the town of Kostamus, on the Russian side of the border on Sunday afternoon.
The Vartius crossing was closed for the day on Sunday at 6pm. Finnish authorities constructed additional barriers made of planks and barbed wire at the station.
The commander of the border crossing, Border Guard Captain Jouko Kinnunen, said at the time that the construction of barriers would continue during the evening.
The Finnish Defense Forces has provided construction assistance.
Iltalehti writes that the Vartius border crossing was temporarily closed several times over the weekend due to the actions of the Russian authorities, who forced undocumented travelers into the border zone, closed the gates behind them and forced them to seek entry to Finland.
The paper adds that Finnish authorities have been in communication with Russian officials asking them to comply with border joint control agreements. So far, says Iltalehti, these messages have fallen on deaf ears.
If necessary, the Vartius border station can be completely closed in the same way as the border crossing points in southeastern Finland.
The processing of asylum applications is currently being concentrated at the Vartius and Salla border crossings.
Continuing support for Ukraine
The results of a poll by the farmers' union newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus shows that the majority of Finns support the continuation of arms aid to Ukraine.
Of those who responded to the survey, 60 percent said that they want arms aid to Ukraine to continue at its current level. So far, Finland has provided defence materiel support to Ukraine worth some 1.5 billion euros.
On a separate issue, almost half of the respondents stated they would be in favour of imposing sanctions on China if it is proven that a Chinese ship was involved in damaging the gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia. A fifth of the respondents rejected possible sanctions.
More than 80 percent of the respondents said they want to keep eastern Finland and rural areas of the country inhabited for security policy reasons. Only around six percent of the respondents did not see this to be important in terms of security policy.
The Maaseudun Tulevaisuus poll was carried out by Kantar Agri which interviewed 1,024 people for the survey on 5–10 November.
Nuclear plant offline
A number of morning papers, including Ilta-Sanomat, report that electricity production was suspended at the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power station on Sunday evening as a result of a fault at its turbine plant.
According to Johanna Aho, communications manager for the operator Teollisuuden voima (TVO), the fault has no effect on the power plant's nuclear safety.
Olkiluoto 3, which is located at Eurajoki in western Finland, is the largest single power plant unit in the Nordic electricity system. It is also the largest nuclear power plant unit in Europe and the third largest in the world.
Regular electricity production by Olkiluoto 3 started in April this year, 14 years behind the original launch schedule.
The electrical output of Olkiluoto 3 is approximately 1,600 megawatts. The three nuclear power units at the site produce about 30 percent of Finland's electricity.
More snow and freezing conditions
Helsingin Sanomat looks at the latest forecast by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, warning readers to expect more snowfall throughout the country this week.
Up to 15 centimeters of snow is likely to accumulate in central parts of the country. Northern areas will see less snowfall, but temperatures that may fall to as low as -30C.
A storm forecast for midweek will create widespread hazardous driving conditions, HS notes.
On Wednesday, traffic conditions are expected to be bad in the western half of Finland and up into Lapland. By Thursday, snow and windy weather will move into eastern areas, bringing a warning of hazardous driving conditions in almost the whole of the country.
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