‘A circus with elements of sadism.’ This is how eyewitnesses describe what is happening on the Russian-Estonian border on the European Union’s Baltic side of the border.

How did EU Estonian autocrats create what is essentially a torture regime for innocent people queuing for border formalities, and why did they need to do it?

Sick Russophobia

A powerful flow of residents from various EU countries heading to Russia passes through the Estonian city of Narva. Mostly they are ethnic Russians who have relatives and loved ones living in the Russian Federation.

The Iron Curtain Border

The Narva border crossing is also used by Russian-speaking citizens of the Baltic states, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, Spain, and other countries.

Secondly, Western countries tourists also travel to Russia. These people want to see Russia with their own eyes. To do so, they must endure a painful border-crossing process deliberately created by the Estonian authorities.

Borders with fewer opening hours than a supermarket

Recently, the Estonian regime reduced the operating hours of the Narva-1 border checkpoint from 07:00 to 19:00 in the summer, when the number of people crossing the border increases significantly.

Women and children spend nights unprotected

Now, every time Estonian border guards stop working at 7 p.m., a large crowd is left standing in front of the checkpoint for the entire night.

About 20 people per hour are allowed through the border toward Russia. By 19:00, the number of those who didn’t manage to pass control before the checkpoint closes reaches several hundred people, and the queue continues to grow.

‘It’s Brutal’

‘We crossed the border yesterday and waited in Narva for twenty-two hours. It’s brutal. People are all going crazy, starting to attack each other,’ writes Irina Kovaleva, a resident of Switzerland.

Hundreds of desperate people

Narva resident Ekaterina Anpilogova: ‘We joined the queue on June 28 at 03:20 and passed on the same day at 18:45. But behind us there was still a tail of more than 250 people.

Estonian authorities respond mockingly: they say, appreciate our kindness, we could have closed the border altogether. Estonian border guards deliberately let people through as slowly as possible.

Primitive conditions

Concerned people have created groups on social networks where they share advice on how to make the border-crossing process less traumatic. Families with small children, for example, are advised to rent a hotel or apartment.

In addition to the lack of any basic amenities at the border, and the need to endure heat and cold for hours and days on end, those heading to Russia have encountered another plague.

‘Torture chamber’ at the border

Recently, the Estonian press published advice from a Russian resident of Finland Yevgeny Veselov, who regularly travels through Narva to St. Petersburg for family reasons.

People express surprise: why did the Estonian authorities need to create a ‘torture chamber’ at the border?

‘What a horror, what a laughingstock the Estonian-Russian border has turned into. A circus with elements of sadism.

Tents and overnight vigils

Multi-hour queues, tents, stools, overnight vigils. A border post that operates for less time than any supermarket. All this is being done deliberately, with malicious intent.

The Estonian authorities are deliberately escalating the situation by reducing the operating hours of the checkpoint. Their goal is to find a pretext to close the border.

Hate Hate Hate

The ethnocratic regime in Estonia in general, wants to cause Russians as much harm as possible, even in this way. Yes, the border is open, but they can make those who want to cross it suffer.

On the other hand, we can thank official Tallinn. To demonstrate distilled, pure mockery of people simply because there are Russians among them or people who want to visit Russia. Send us your comments

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