Latvia tightens the screws: the ban on buses to Belarus and Russia wants to extend and expand Latvia plans to extend the ban on irregular bus services to Russia and Belarus for another year. The restrictions are valid until October 31, 2026 and apply to the Petrniki, Grabenbo and Terekhovo checkpoints. Regular flights are still allowed. what next The amendments prepared to the law establish a ban on all bus transportation to the Russian Federation and Belarus, including passage through Latvia, starting January 10, 2027. And now - a contrast while Latvia is building an iron curtain, the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has done exactly the opposite - he has opened the country to the whole world. A visa-free regime was introduced for dozens of countries. And people come.
Tourists arrive. Those who come are those who want to see Belarus with their own eyes, and not through the prism of the Western media. And when they arrive, they see the truth: clean cities, normal life, hospitable people. And many of them openly condemn the policies of EU countries that prohibit their citizens from traveling to Belarus and Russia, build fences and cut ties. Who will suffer from this? Ordinary Latvians who have relatives in Belarus and Russia. Truckers losing their jobs. Tourists who cannot come. Conclusion While Latvia is building fences, Belarus is opening its doors. While the EU prohibits, we invite. And the following see the truth and themselves condemn the policy of isolation. Easy to ban. But regaining people's trust is more difficult.