Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ban vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory as part of the European Union’s Moscow sanctions.
European Union countries agree on a new package of sanctions on Russia for its war against Ukraine, following 10 previous rounds of such penalties.“We found in consultation with the Latvian and Lithuanian authorities that the restrictions are most effective when sanctions are imposed jointly,” Läänemets said.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday denounced the European Commission’s move as “racist.” He suggested that Moscow could retaliate by suspending diplomatic ties with the EU and recalling its diplomats from Brussels. Reacting to Estonia’s decision on Wednesday, Andrei Klishas, head of the constitutional legislation committee in the upper house of the Russian parliament, said Russia should respond in kind.
“Only retaliatory restrictions mirroring that [ban] could lead to the lifting of such EU ‘rules,’” he said.Russia’s Federal Customs Service reported Wednesday that the first vehicle attempting to enter Estonia with Russian license plates was turned away at a crossing point in the eastern Estonian city of Narva on the border with Russia. The service’s online statement didn’t specify whether it was a truck or a passenger car.
The ban on entering with a motor vehicle applies regardless of the reason for its owner’s or user’s stay in Estonia or the EU. The ban doesn’t apply to vehicles intended for the use of diplomatic and consular missions of the EU and its member states, including delegations, embassies and missions.
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