Russian airlines were barred from flying through more countries in Europe, shutting off carriers such as Aeroflot from the shortest routes heading west. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia prohibited Russian planes from landing or overflying their airspace on Saturday. They joined Poland, Bulgaria, Moldova, the Czech Republic and the U.K., which had already issued similar declarations in the wake of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Together with a no-fly zone in and around the area of conflict, Saturday’s moves wall off Russian carriers, forcing them to head north toward Finland or south as far as Turkey to ... (full story)