
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen sent a letter to the European Commission calling for a ban on the issuance of tourist visas to Russian citizens at the EU level.
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Finland will stop issuing tourist visas to Russians in 2022.
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen called on the European Commission to ban the issuance of tourist visas to Russians.
Finland will stop issuing tourist visas to Russians in 2022.
MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen sent a letter to the European Commission calling for a ban on issuing tourist visas to Russians, the republic’s Foreign Ministry reported.
“Minister of Foreign Affairs Valtonen demands from the European Commission stricter rules for processing visa applications from Russian citizens, as well as making the necessary changes to EU legislation to implement the ban on issuing tourist visas,” says a message on the department’s website.
It clarifies that the minister called on other countries to join the letter. Finland will stop issuing tourist visas to Russians in 2022.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has more than once called the tightening by the European Union of the rules for issuing Schengen visas to Russians discrimination on the basis of nationality and an example of the hypocrisy of Brussels.

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