Czechia restricts Russian diplomat travel; Poland confronts Lavrov at UN

Czechia tightens travel rules for Russian diplomats, a further step in EU states' bilateral curbs on Russian missions. Poland's foreign minister publicly confronted his Russian counterpart at the UN amid rising Kremlin tensions, while Hungary re-enters Erasmus+ and Slovakia secures removal of Russian billionaires from EU sanctions—signaling intra-EU divergence on Russia policy.