Norway from October 3 will stop skipping cars with Russian numbers

Entrance to the territory of Norway by cars with Russian numbers will be completely blocked from Tuesday, October 3. This was announced today in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country.

"Norway, together with the allies and like -minded people, reacts to the brutal aggressive war that Russia wages against Ukraine. It is important that the sanctions are effective so that we prevent as many income necessary for the Russian state to finance the war," said Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Hitfeld.

On September 20, Norway announced restrictions on the import and use of cars in the country with Russian registration - following Finland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.

Earlier on Friday, the Lithuanian Customs Service demanded to take out cars with Russian numbers from the country for six months.

• On September 8, the European Commission explained the procedure for applying sanctions, according to which the customs of the European Union countries have the right not to miss goods from Russia to the Bloc, which is prohibited, including Russians' cars and personal belongings.
• A few days later, clarifications were published, according to which the customs authorities should pay attention primarily to cars.
• The ban on the import of goods from Russia and entry into the EU for its citizens was caused by a full -scale invasion of Russian troops to Ukraine, which began in February 2022.