Hundreds of Russian skiers are stranded in Bulgaria's mountain resorts and wondering how they can return home after Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted the European Union to close its airspace to all Russian planes.
Bulgaria, a close ally of Moscow in Communist times but now a member of the EU and NATO, shut its airspace to Russian aircraft on Saturday, joining most other European nations in an act of solidarity with Ukraine.
Natalya Samokhina arrived in Bansko, a picturesque winter resort long popular with Russians, on Feb. 25 with a friend for a two-week trip and has no idea how she will get home to Moscow.
