Finland closes its doors to asylum seekers and puts up barriers claiming Putin is

Finland closed four crossings on its border with Russia early on Saturday. The Finnish Border Guard on Friday announced it would erect barriers from midnight local time at the Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala border posts in southeast Finland. This would account for much of the travel between the two countries. 'We have had bigger numbers like on Monday 39 and on Wednesday 75. Yesterday was quite peaceful, but today again over 100 irregular immigrants have come to the southeast district of Finland,' said Captain Jussi Vainikka of the Finnish Border Guards. The Finnish government has accused Russia of funnelling migrants to the crossings as payback for its decision to increase defence cooperation with the United States, an assertion dismissed by Moscow.