Estonia–Russia border

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Estonia–Russia border is the state border between Estonia and Russia. The border is 294 kilometres (183 mi) long. In its present form, it has not changed since 1945, when Estonia became part of the Soviet Union.

Much of the border with Estonia is water, pass through the channel of the River Narva and Lake Peipsi in the south has a land area, parts of which were disputed as Estonia joining the European Union and NATO. As of 2011, the agreement on the border between the two countries providing for the recognition of the territories by the Russian (in the Pechora district of the Pskov Oblast and the Leningrad Oblast) has not been ratified (the agreement was signed in May 2005, but ratification of the Estonian parliament has taken a number of actions, followed by Russia withdrew its signature from the treaty[1]), but Estonia on their coins was minted image map of the country with no data areas (Estonian euro coins).

The border towns of Narva (Estonia) and Ivangorod are directly adjacent to each other. Both are predominantly Russian and Russian-speaking population.

A border oddity is the road from Värska to Ulitina in Estonia, traditionally the only road to the Ulitina area, which goes through Russian territory for one kilometre of its length, an area called Saatse Boot. This road has no border control, but there is no connection to any other road in Russia. It is not permitted to stop or walk along the road.

Noteworthy is the sharp change in the direction of trade turnover before and after the establishment of the border. If at the beginning of the 1990s the population of the RSFSR drove out shopping in Estonia, it is now Estonian consumers actively bought in Russia and often resell goods in Estonia. Top commodities include sugar, cigarettes and gasoline. On the border operates two types of checkpoints : auto- pedestrian on Friendship Bridge (Narva - Ivangorod) and the Lake Peipus (since 2004) that exports to Estonia sand for construction.

Border crossings

Crossing the border is allowed only at border controls. Most people need a visa on one or both sides of the border.

  • road E20 / 1 / M11 between Narva and Ivangorod
  • Tallinn–Narva–St. Petersburg railway
  • the Estonian small road from Värska to Ulitina crosses the border into Russia and goes back to Estonia. There is no border control and it is not allowed to stop or go further into Russia this way.
  • Valga–Pechory railway, freight only
  • road E77 / 7 / A212 between Luhamaa and Pskov

See also

  • Foreign relations of Russia#Territorial disputes

References

  1. ↑ Россия отозвала подписи под договорами о границе с Эстонией
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