After Finland joined NATO, Russian border guards began interrogating Finns entering the Russian Federation. It is reported by the Finnish broadcasting corporation YLE..

Finns who crossed the border at the Russian checkpoint Brusnichnoye (Leningrad region) say that the border guards of the Russian Federation were primarily interested in those things related to military service. We were interested in military rank, place of service and connections with the Finnish army. They asked about the purpose of the visit to Russia, they wanted to know mobile phone numbers.

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Four Finns who had such conversations at the Russian checkpoint do not believe that they were in danger. Nobody prevented them from crossing the border. However, none of them wanted to give their names on the air in order to avoid problems at the border in the future..

Finnish journalists only note that before Finland joined NATO, nothing like this was observed on the Finnish-Russian border.

Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO on April 4..