Italy to bar Russian ships from its ports beginning April 17

Italy is barring all Russian ships from its ports beginning Sunday, as a part of expanded EU sanctions introduced earlier this month.

Italy is closing its ports to Russian ships (Reuters photograph used for illustration)

Italy is barring all Russian ships from its ports beginning Sunday, as a part of expanded EU sanctions introduced earlier this month.

Ships already in Italian ports should depart instantly “after finishing their industrial exercise, in line with a discover despatched to port authorities all through the nation.