Allegro (train): Difference between revisions

During the [[2022 Russian financial crisis]], in the aftermath of [[International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|international sanctions]] placed on Russian companies following the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the Allegro train became a primary means for people to leave Russia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Christina |date=2022-03-02 |title=High-speed trains departing Russia for Finland are packed. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/trains-russia-finland.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As European airspace had been closed to Russian planes, and Russian airspace iswas closed to European planes, the train iswas the only passenger connection between Russia and the [[European Union]]. EU authorities have asked VR to keep this train running so that those wishing to leave Russia cancould do so (though as part of [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]] restrictions, only Finnish and Russian citizens had beenwere allowed to use the train, and it runsran only twice a day at half-capacity, of 327 passengers; but operators had been workingworked to lift those restrictions in order to allow the evacuation of other nationals).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vanttinen |first=Pekka |date=2022-03-03 |title=St Petersburg-Helsinki train only direct link to Russia |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/st-petersburg-helsinki-train-only-direct-link-to-russia/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> The trainservice has beenwas suspended sinceon 27the 27th of March 2022 due to the aforementioned sanctions.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://yle.fi/news/3-12375838|title= VR suspends train travel between Finland and Russia|work=Yle.fi|date= 25 March 2022}}</ref>