A Russian tennis player was not allowed board a flight operated by Polish flag carrier LOT, the airline confirmed on April 25. Vitalia Diatchenko said she was refused boarding on a LOT flight in Cairo, with German airline Lufthansa also refusing to sell her a ticket. "I slept at the airport. I was treated like a third-class citizen (because of my nationality)," Diatchenko wrote. She had been attempting to travel to a tournament in Corsica via Warsaw and Nice. LOT confirmed it had not allowed her to board, citing updated restrictions introduced by Poland's Interior Ministry following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Polish Airline Says It Didn't Allow A Russian Tennis Player To Board One Of Its Flights
Russian tennis player Vitalia Diatchenko