Norway has introduced a ban on the entry into the country of cars with Russian license plates from October 3.
“Norway stands in solidarity with allies and like-minded people in opposing Russia’s brutal war of aggression,” Foreign Minister Anniken Hutfeldt said, as quoted by Associated Press.
These restrictions will affect passenger cars with a capacity of up to nine passengers. However, buses and minibuses with ten or more seats will still be able to cross the border at Storskog, which remains the only border crossing point between Norway and Russia.
The government in Oslo stresses that exceptions will be made for diplomatic vehicles, for vehicles owned by Norwegian citizens and their family members permanently residing in Russia, and for travel necessary for humanitarian reasons such as acute illness, death or family funerals.