Finland will close its border crossings with Russia from 8 p.m. local time on Dec. 15, the Finnish government announced on Dec. 14. Finland announced earlier on Dec. 14 that it had temporarily reopened two border crossings with Russia. The border crossings had been shut since Nov. 30. Finland’s Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said at a press conference that the government hoped that “the situation of illegal immigration on the eastern border would have calmed down during the two-week closure.” The border guard said that 96 asylum seekers, “mainly from Somalia, Syria, and India,” arrived from R…