At Latvia's border with Russia, the line grows long, and tempers short

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European sanctions on Russia have caused major traffic backups along the Latvian border. Truckers can feel the mounting tension between Russia and NATO members.

Cars and trucks line up for hours at Latvia's Terehova border crossing into Russia on Aug. 3.Cars and trucks line up for hours at Latvia's Terehova border crossing into Russia on Aug. 3.TEREHOVA, Latvia — The road carrying a mile-long stream of semi-trucks waiting to enter Russia from Latvia is lined with port-a-potties and dumpsters full of junk-food wrappers and empty caffeinated soda bottles.

"I've lost work from this and people treat me worse than before," he says."I was in Lithuania a few days ago trying to eat at a Ukrainian restaurant there, and they wouldn't let me. They kicked me out and told me to get my food from Putin instead." Latvia, a member of NATO and the European Union, has pushed for a strong global response to Russia's war in Ukraine. The country's 180-mile border with Russia has become tense as a result. Long lines of trucks at border crossings illustrate the toll economic sanctions against Russia and Belarus have taken, and anxieties among those living along the border are also on the rise.

When Latvia gained independence in 1991, Chibaterevsky was one of tens of thousands of ethnic Russians who were never given Latvian citizenship. He is essentially stateless. He rifles through his suitcase and emerges with his passport, which says"Latvian noncitizen" on its burgundy cover.Anatoly Chibaterevsky waits to cross the border from Terehova, Latvia, into Russia to attend his brother's funeral in Volgograd in southwest Russia, Aug. 3.

 

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