CNN/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has canceled his visit to Geneva for the session of the UN Human Rights Council, because of the European Union’s ban on Russian aircraft, the Russian Mission in Geneva said Monday.
The EU confirmed its decision to shut down its airspace to Russia on Sunday. The ban is part of the measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Our airspace will be closed to every Russian plane. And that includes the private jets of oligarchs too,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday.
