Norway joins EU nations in banning Russian-registered cars
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Norway announced Friday that it will start barring Russian-registered passenger cars from entering the Scandinavian country starting next week, mirroring sanctions imposed by the European Union against Moscow over its war on Ukraine.
Norway, which is a member of NATO but not of the EU, has a 198-kilometer-long (123-mile-long) border in the Arctic with Russia. The Scandinavian country ”stands together with allies and like-minded people in the reactions against the brutal war of aggression by Russia,” Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said in a statement.
The ban means that Russian-registered passenger cars with nine or fewer seats can no longer be brought into Norway.
Norway said its ban would start Monday at midnight.