Ban on entry of Russian registered cars

Helsinki: Finland will close its borders to passenger cars registered in Russia from midnight, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a press statement. “In the future, only EU citizens permanently resident in Russia or their family members, diplomats or equivalent persons, or people traveling for humanitarian reasons, can travel by passenger car registered in Russia,” it said in a statement on Friday. Can enter Finland with. With the move, Finland complies with European Commission guidelines issued on September 8, which ban the entry into the EU of passenger cars registered in Russia, Xinhua news agency reported. The purpose of this decision is to allow Russian citizens to avoid the sanctions imposed on the country, the ministry said. Cars that are already in Finland and have Russian license plates will have to leave the country by March 16, 2024, the ministry said. The move follows similar decisions taken by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania earlier this week to ban the entry of Russian-registered vehicles