Since the Russian border was closed, people in the far east of Finland have been living with a new Iron Curtain that is reshaping daily life and upending the regional economy.
Author: Michael Thumann
Michael Thumann is “Die Zeit”‘s foreign affairs correspondent. He studied history, politics and Slavic studies in Berlin, New York and St. Petersburg. Previously, he served as the German daily’s correspondent for the Middle East in Istanbul, coordinated foreign affairs reporting, and was Die Zeit’s correspondent in Moscow, reporting on Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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