Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan announces new curbs in transport ties with Russia, hinting that he will cut rail links.

Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan announces new curbs in transport ties with Russia, hinting that he will cut rail links. He wrote on Facebook Thursday: “Today I signed a historical document. Only bears will be able to go to Moscow, as it was in good old days.” In comments to Interfax-Ukraine, Omelyan said the changes will “concern not only rail passenger communication.” Last week, Omelyan said he was drawing up measures to retaliate for Russia’s harassment of cargo ships serving Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov. Air links between the two countries were cut in October 2015, prompting travelers to fly through Belarus.