Luhamaa

Luhamaa is a small area in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia, on the Russian border.

The Luhamaa border crossing is located on the European route E77 (road from Pskov to Riga).

The border crossing is officially located on the territory of Lütä village.

[1] On 5 September 2014 Eston Kohver, an Estonian counterintelligence officer, was kidnapped at gunpoint from the border checkpoint, while he was in the process of interdicting a crossborder crime.

[2][3][4] Later on the same day the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed the responsibility for the abduction of the officer.

Border crossing in Luhamaa