Norway said it would keep professional athletes from Russia and Belarus from coming to the country to compete, The Guardian reported, hours after neighboring Finland announced a similar move. The newspaper described the Norwegian step as "a further tightening" of current rules. The Guardian reported that the government intended to keep these athletes out of Norway, but the summary available for this report cuts off before it states the conditions.
The Guardian's report also said a minister, whose name the summary does not give, stated that Russians have no business in Finland. The Guardian's headline frames the Norwegian measure as taken over the war in Ukraine.
BBC News reported that Estonia is the latest country to say it will not allow Russian or Belarusian athletes to compete on its territory. The decision is tied to the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to BBC News.
The two reports differ in scope and detail. The Guardian's summary refers to professional athletes coming to Norway to compete, while BBC News's summary refers to Russian or Belarusian athletes without specifying whether the Estonian measure covers entry into the country or only competition on its territory. Neither summary gives the date the rules take effect or describes how they would be enforced.
Both reports describe the measures as applying to athletes from Russia and Belarus, and both connect them to the war in Ukraine. Further details are not contained in the reports reviewed for this story.
Sources: The Guardian: Norway follows Finland in barring Russian athletes from entering country over Ukraine war; BBC News: Estonia latest country to ban Russian athletes.