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Ukraine: More stringent border checks for Russians

By Nataliya Vasilyeva
Published April 17, 2014 4:01pm ET
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Ukraine: More stringent border checks for Russians
A Ukrainian soldier controls a road on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the U.S. prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest. (AP photo/Efrem Lukatsky) | Efrem Lukatsky

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is introducing stringent checks for Russian citizens who want to cross the border into Ukraine.

Russia’s flagship Aeroflot warned its passengers on Thursday that Ukrainian officials told the airline that Russian men between 16 and 60 are now banned from entering Ukraine except when they are traveling with family or to the funerals of relatives there.

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