Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday that he had to scrap a trip to Moldova after his plane was barred from entering Romanian and Hungarian airspace.
Rogozin said in comments to Russian news agencies that he and other Russian officials were traveling on an S7 airline's commercial flight to the Moldovan capital Chisinau when the plane was denied passage over Romania or Hungary, both EU members.
It had to land in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, because it was running out of fuel.
The deputy prime minister is one of the most senior Russian officials slapped with an EU visa ban in 2014 following Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Romania's foreign ministry confirmed Friday that authorities had not allowed Rogozin to enter Romanian airspace.
