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Photo: Barentsphoto.com

280,625 people crossed the borders in or out of Murmansk Oblast over the last year.

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The figures for the period July 2009 to July 2010 is presented by Murmansk customs and referred by Barentsnova.

At the Borisgleb check point to Norway, 117,342 crossed the border. Murmansk Oblast has two border checkpoints to Finland. At Lotta 63,600 people crossed, while 99,683 people crossed the border at Salla.

BarentsObserver reported that over the first half of 2010, the number of people crossing the Norwegian-Russian border increased by 20 percent.