Norway Shuts Borders, Ports To Russian Goods

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The Norway government have made it known that it will close all its borders and its ports to the Russian trucks and their ships, this is coming after joining sanctions which was actually imposed by the European Union over the war in Ukraine, this was made known by the Norwegian foreign ministry on Friday.

But it is said that the Russian fishing vessels, which is known to often land their catch at ports in northern Norway, will receive an exemptions from the sanctions.

There is a Norway's Arctic Svalbard archipelago, which effectively operates under a 1920s treaty which allows the expanded foreign access, was also confirmed to be exempted,..

Well I personally think no matter how much russia and putin pretend , the economy of Russia will not really be the same for the next 15 years , the war is really affecting them massively even if they might want to pretend that all is well..

Sources : https://www.republicworld.com/amp/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/norway-to-close-its-borders-and-ports-to-russian-trucks-and-ships-exempts-fishing-vessels-articleshow.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/norway-shuts-borders-ports-russian-goods-exempts-fishing-vessels-2022-04-29/

https://wifc.com/2022/04/29/norway-shuts-borders-ports-to-russian-goods-exempts-fishing-vessels/