U.S. sanctions cause air travel headaches for Russia's World Cup
Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Gleb Stolyarov5 Min Read
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Eight of the Russian airports likely to be used by teams competing in this year’s soccer World Cup are owned by entities now on a U.S. sanctions blacklist, potentially throwing up headaches for teams and the airlines flying them.
Reuters contacted all eight national federations whose teams will be based near one of the affected airports. Sweden, Iceland and Poland revealed their current travel plans, Spain referred questions to FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, and the remaining federations did not reply.
In one case, the Polish side is planning to take a charter flight operated by the country’s flag carrier Lot to Sochi airport — which is operated by a company owned by sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions-airports/u-s-sanctions-cause-air-travel-headaches-for-russias-world-cup-idUSKBN1HI315
I think American fans, I know, we are not in it, have been told to be cautious if they should go over there. Some sort of warning.
