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Storskog - Borisoglebsk border check-points
Normal Saturday morning at Storskog hundreds of cars cross the border into Norway from Russia.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Borisoglebsk border check-point on exit from Russia.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Ellen Kathrine Hætta is Chief of Police in Eastern Finnmark.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Stop for Customs check upon entry to Russia.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Entry in to Russia at Borisoglebsk check-point.r
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Garage for Customs check of trucks and lorries at Borisoglebsk.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
The distance between the Russian check-point and the Norwegian is some 300 meters.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Storskog border check-point upon entry to Norway.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Russian border pillar.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Norwegian border pillar.r
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Russian border officals and Custom officers at Borisoglebsk border check-point.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Exit gate from Russia's Borisoglebsk check-point with the Norwegian Storskog border check-point in the background.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Swedish and Norwegian Foreign Ministers Carl Bildt and Jonas Gahr Støre at the passport control desk at Borisoglebsk on entry to Russia.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Reconstruction of the Norwegian passport control desks at Storskog took place in March 2012.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Norwegian military borderguards at Storskog check-point.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
It is the police that are in charge of the control formalities at Storskog border check-point. r
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Passport control window on exit from Norway at Storskog border check-point.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Storskog border station was expanded in the winter 2012 to meet the increase in border-crossings between Norway and Russia.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Queues are often long, and the two lanes out of Norway are not enough to facilitate for traffic.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
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