During last few days mass media actively disseminates information that border guards at capital airports do not pass crewmembers of Russian aircrafts. How

During last few days mass media actively disseminates information that border guards at capital airports do not pass crewmembers of Russian aircrafts. However, this information is not fully true.

Please be informed, that 1 citizen of Russian Federation wasn’t allowed to cross border of Ukraine on the night of 24^th for 25^th March at Boryspil airport during registration of the passengers, who arrived by Russian “Aeroflot” airlines. He was not let to cross the border in accordance with order of law enforcement bodies of Ukraine on the prohibition of entrance to Ukraine. The man, who presented Russian passport for control, was one of the pilots of the plane. Other crewmembers, who directed to Ukraine, were not restricted in a right to cross border. However, the aircraft commander decided that other crewmembers wouldn’t cross the border.

We note that representatives of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine operate within granted powers, fulfilling orders of the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine.

Not allowance to representatives of civil aviation to cross the state border of Ukraine is not of wide-scale. However, the border guards are obligated to refuse them in entrance, in the case of official prohibition for foreigners to enter Ukraine. Similar cases took place in Donetsk and Kharkiv airports in the beginning of March. At that time 2 citizens of Russia, who proved to be crewmembers were not allowed to cross the border. As to them there also was the order of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine on prohibition of entrance to our country.

In each case, citizens who were not allowed to enter Ukraine were issued an official decision on the refusal, indicating the reason of prohibition to enter Ukraine.