Border inspections in Russia’s Far East down to 10 minutes at crossings

© RIA Novosti / Evgeny PodolskyBorder crossing
Border crossing
Inspection times at key border crossings in the Primorye Territory have been reduced to 10 minutes this year. At Pogranichny, daily capacity has increased from 144 to 1,300 vehicles, and at Kraskino, it has risen from 88 to 750 vehicles per day.
Construction of the freight facilities at Khasan, the first road border crossing on the border with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has been completed. The crossing can now accommodate up to 200 vehicles per day. These updates were presented at a meeting on the development and modernization of border checkpoints.
Capacity has also increased at the new terminals at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Yelizovo) and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo), which can now handle up to 600 passengers per hour. At Blagoveshchensk (Ignatyevo), capacity has risen to 480 passengers per hour.
Earlier, Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin briefed President Vladimir Putin on key transport infrastructure projects.
Kraskino automobile checkpoint in the Primorye Territory
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