Russian State Border Service buys 50 km of fence to install on the Crimea-Ukraine border
The Russian-controlled Border Service of the Federal Security Service for the Crimea announced the purchase of 49.5 km of a fence for installation near the administrative border with annexed Crimea, Kryminform news agency reports with reference to the website of state purchases of neighboring Russia.
According to the document, 212.9 million rubles ($3.6 million) were allocated for the purchase and installation of a full-profile fence. "The engineering barrier is intended for use as a part of technical protection systems against various objects, both as a physical obstacle and for vibration and motion detection," the report said.
The document indicates that the fence will be installed in the Krasnoperekopsky district of the Crimea. Supplies will be delivered until November 20, 2017. The deadline for completion of the work is December 20, 2017.
After the annexation of the Crimea by Russia in early 2014 between the mainland Ukraine and the peninsula, a formal administrative border was installed, which was a real border in fact. There are three entry/exit checkpoints at the administrative border: Kalanchak, Chonhar and Chaplynka.