Kirkenes, a Norwegian town of 10,000, lies just a short drive from the Russian border. People and goods still cross freely despite European sanctions against the Putin regime, and it is one of the few Western ports where Russian ships can still dock. Video and photography by Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail In the year since the war on Ukraine, the Western world has made Russia persona non grata. The country’s planes are blocked from airspace in North America and the European Union, its banks booted from international payments, its oil banned and its vessels excluded from ports. Poland is...