Minister: Air border ban on Russians analogous to cars prohibition on Schengen edge

While countries on the outer edge of the EU’s Schengen Zone are banning the entry of cars with Russian license plates, Czechia only has an “air border” with Russia and a ban on flights from the country is already in effect, the minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said on Monday.

Poland prohibited cars with Russian registration from entering the country at the weekend, following similar moves by Finland and the Baltic States.

Mr. Rakušan told reporters that the Czechs had brought in a ban on Russians with Schengen visas at its airports. He said his government had been the first to suspend the issuance of visas to Russian citizens, the day after the full invasion of Ukraine began.