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Russia admits border violation

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Russia has admitted that one of the country’s frontier guard service helicopters flew into Finnish airspace over the near Nuijamaa in late July, Yle reports.

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The illegal border crossing was a result of a navigational error by the helicopter crew, the Vyborg area border guard, says. Russia has issued a formal apology for the violation and the matter is officially closed, Yle News writes.