Andrejs Vaivars, representative of the Latvian State Revenue Service, said that due to the new EU sanctions, more than 150 trucks with Russian and Belarusian license plates are not allowed to enter the country.
“The customs department of our service has banned 152 trucks with Russian and Belarusian numbers from entering Latvia,” he said. SUMMER.
Vaivars added that drivers trying to cross the border were not notified of the new bans.
8 April, EU countries within the framework of the fifth sanctions package banned For cargo transportation on the territory of the Community by vehicles registered in the Russian Federation and Belarus. An exception was made for the transport of medicinal products and food.
As with transit to the Kaliningrad region, humanitarian road communication is open for now.