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Considering removing "Russian" signs in Norway
Several road signs with Russian text in Sør-Varanger and Kirkenes may be removed, reports the Barents Observer.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration will clarify the future of the signs, which have Cyrillic text.
The Russian street signs have caused a great deal of debate in Sør-Varanger in recent years.
"I expect the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to take action, and that the signs will be taken down fairly quickly", says Kurt Mørk Eriksen to NRK, who has been involved in getting the signs in the border municipality removed for a long time.
The signs were put up at the Norwegian-Russian border when traffic and cooperation with Russia were high. After Russia went to war in Ukraine in 2014, trade and cooperation have declined sharply.
In 2023, Norway tightened its sanctions regulations against Russia, and since then, Russian-registered passenger cars have not been allowed to cross the border.