Banned in the Baltics, Russians Will Soon Be Landing in Turkish-Occupied Northern Cyprus

The move is already inflaming tensions in the Mediterranean, with Greece and Turkey at loggerheads over a range of issues in the Aegean Sea and with Cyprus not for the first time caught in the middle.

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President Erdogan addresses the United Nations General Assembly, September 20, 2022. Erdogan reportedly will be on the first flight to Northern Cyprus from Russia. AP/Mary Altaffer

ATHENS — Three of the European Union’s Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as Poland have begun blocking entry to Russian citizens with EU visas, but a quixotic new travel option for sun-starved Russians has emerged.

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