Belarus has introduced border controls on the border with Russia

Belarusian authorities have set up border controls at all major entry points from Russia. Border guards are stopping cars and checking passports, the local outlet Zerkalo reports.

The outlet’s journalists called the State Border Committee, where they confirmed the introduction of border controls “as part of the implementation of the ratification agreement on the mutual recognition of visas with Russia.”

The State Border Committee also claims that border controls have been introduced temporarily, but the agency did not give a specific timeframe: “Until further notice.”

Telegram channels are reporting traffic jams at the Belarus-Russia border caused by the introduction of border controls. For example, one checkpoint has appeared on the highway between Liozno and Rudnya—there is a queue several kilometers long stretching to the village of Kruglovka.

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