I don't remember a more disgusting border crossing. We were traveling from Helsinki to St. Petersburg on December 26, 2024 via Narva. A lot of people, they launch 20 people per hour. Each suitcase is checked manually, Estonians, as usual, are in no hurry. The terribly boorish attitude of the Estonian border guards, they treat both Russians, Finns and Italians like animals. As a result, everything was closed at night, and we stayed in Narva all night. Disgusting. I'll never go here again. You'd better fly by plane.
If possible, choose a different route from the EU to the Russian Federation. Long queues, full inspection of suitcases and bags at the border.
Beware of scammers who sell queue seats on a banned network. You will lose both money and time.
If possible, choose other routes and beware of scammers! On FB, they offer the sale of places in the queue, with prepayment. As a result: lost money and time. Local law enforcement agencies don't care!