A group of 30 Austrian travelers are unable to enter Russia from Belarus via the border checkpoint Krasnaya Gorka near Smolensk. On Tuesday, September 13, “Interfax” reported the press Secretary of the Russian Union of travel industry (PCT) Irina Tyurina.
According to her, the foreigners followed the bus on route E30 from Minsk. They planned to go to Smolensk and then to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
However, border guard officer in “red Hill” would not let a group of foreigners and have offered their guide to enter Russia across the Bryansk region. As a result, the bus returned to Belarus and, making a detour of 800 miles, arrived at the checkpoint “New yurkovichi”. As the Director of host travel company “Annie” Altynbek Kozhakhmetov, then a group of elderly Austrians had to stand in line at the border control for another five hours.
Refusing to let tourists in the border Department of FSB across the Smolensk region is explained by the lack of equipment to check passports and article 4 of the agreement on cooperation between Russia and Belarus from 1995 about the ban on travel of citizens of third countries.
“This agreement was quite General, about any restrictions there is no word” — has noticed in turn Turina. She also urged the Federal tourism Agency to address the problem with the “red hill”.
According to radio station RMF FM, the security forces at this border crossing also denied the crossing the border of Russia and Belarus, poles and other foreigners. About it reports TASS.
