Latvia, a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), completed this Tuesday (30) the construction of a fence approximately 280 kilometers along its border with Russia, after several years of work and an investment of 166 million euros.
The barrier’s completion was confirmed by the country’s Ministry of the Interior, which called the structure one of Latvia’s “most important infrastructures for national security.”
According to authorities, around six companies participated in the construction of the fence, designed to reinforce border control and hinder illegal crossings. The work is part of a broader set of measures adopted by countries on the European eastern flank in the face of the worsening regional security scenario.
For 2026, the Latvian government plans to release an additional 20 million euros, which will be specifically allocated to patrolling infrastructure and implementing surveillance technologies along the border.
The completion of the fence occurs in the same month that Latvia, alongside Lithuania, Estonia and Poland, defended that the European Union (EU) prioritize investments in common defense. The request was made during a summit held in Helsinki, on December 16, in a geopolitical context marked, according to these countries, by Russia’s hostile behavior.
