Ilya Azar, a journalist for Novaya Gazeta Europe, was denied entry to a flight from Berlin to Riga, he said on his social media.
Azar says he has an active D-type Latvian visa which allows him to enter the country.
“They cited an IATA text which says that Russians are not allowed to enter Latvia, except those having A and C type visas. I told them that it was actually the other way around and they must have made a mistake, but they kept referring to the text and to some boss over the telephone,” Azar says.