class="Typography_base__k7c9F FixedHeader_desktopPrimaryContext__TOpED Typography_sizeMobile16__Wygfe Typography_lineHeightMobile24__xwyV0 Typography_regular__Aqp4p Typography_colourInherit__xnbjy" data-component="Text">The Finnish Border Guard on Friday (local time) showcased the building of the initial 3-kilometre stretch of the fence to be erected in the country's south-east, near a crossing point off Imatra — a quiet lakeside town of about 25,000 people. Border officials are quick to acknowledge, however, that it was Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year — the main reason for Finland's quick push to join NATO after decades of military non-alignment — that prompted construction of the border fence. In some places, the Finnish-Russian border is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle