The Russians were forced to spend the night at the Estonian border in Narva because of the Baltic employees who closed the checkpoint in front of their noses. The night before, passengers of the Lux Express bus from St. Petersburg arrived in Ivangorod at 22:20. It was the usual time, but there was a queue waiting for them at the checkpoint – another carrier and several cars arrived at the same time.
All the mandatory procedures took longer than usual, and people went to the bridge, which is a neutral territory, at 23:00. Since May 1, the checkpoint in Narva has been open until that time. However, according to eyewitnesses, this time it was closed even earlier: “The Estonians stopped working at 22:50. And then the internal security service has already gone out there with machine guns.”
People wishing to cross the border tried to talk to them, but did not find mutual understanding. The efforts of the Russian border guards also did not work: come to the opening at 7 o’clock in the morning.
The Russians either had to quickly look for a hotel for the night in Ivangorod, or wait for the opening on their feet near the checkpoint. As a result, only the carrier entered the situation, which was supposed to take them from Narva to Tallinn in the evening. The bus had to be delivered by 08:30 in the morning. By that time, all the passengers had finally overcome the ill-fated crossing.
Earlier TourDom.ru He wrote that an open tube of face cream was taken from a Russian woman at the Estonian border.