The EU has agreed to terminate the simplified visa regime with the Russian Federation - Borrel

According to him, the EU has a significant increase in border crossing from Russia to neighboring states, and this is a threat to security for the bloc. "We are seeing a significant increase in border crossing from Russia to neighboring states. This is a threat to security. So today we have agreed with EU foreign ministers to stop the Visa and Russia Visa and Russia," he wrote on Twitter.

He noted that many Russians go to European countries on vacation and shopping, "as if there is no war in Ukraine. " Borrel also stated that the results of the EU country had agreed to issue visas to certain categories of Russian citizens. "Visas will be issued individually in each individual case and, especially, specific groups of people," he said. It is also reported that each country will regulate the allowance of Russians to the Schengen space through their borders.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia stated that due to the suspension of the document, the visa collection for Russians will increase from 35 to 80 euros, and the timing of visas can increase to 6 months. In addition, long -term and multiple visas for Russian citizens will be much smaller, or there will be no. A common phenomenon will be the issue of a one -time Schengen visa at the date of the trip.

However, it is likely that Russians who already have multiple visas will still be able to enter the EU countries before the expiration date. We will remind, on August 31 the Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto stated that EU countries could not agree on the ban on the issuance of visas to Russian citizens. According to him, many countries opposed such an initiative, including Hungary. However, the EU will terminate a simplified visa agreement with Russia.