EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the ban on issuing tourist visas to the Russians - journalist

At the end of August, the EU foreign ministers will discuss the possibility of a visa prohibition for Russian aggressor citizens. This was written by Radio Svoboda journalist Ricard Josvyak on Twitter on Wednesday, August 10. "It is unlikely that the European Union will generally agree to stop issuing tourist visas to the Russians, but, as with many EU sanctions against Russia this year," everything is possible.

" [This] will be discussed during a meeting of the EU Foreign Minister in Prague at the end of the month, ”the journalist said. According to the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, the prohibition on the issuance of Schengen visas to the Russians is one of the main goals of the new anti -Russian EU sanctions package.

On August 9, Estonia Prime Minister Kai Callas called on the European Union to immediately terminate visa to the Russians, saying that visiting Europe is a "privilege, not human right. " Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky made a similar call. Ukraine has canceled the visa -free regime for citizens of the Russian Federation from July 1. “They say,“ This war has nothing to do with us. The whole population cannot be responsible, however? "Maybe.