After the full -scale invasion of Russia, the Ukrainian authorities announced the temporary closure of checkpoints on the state border with the Russian Federation.
On July 1, the visa regime with the Russian Federation began. This means that citizens of this country cannot enter the territory of Ukraine without obtaining a visa. Earlier, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced its introduction to the telegram channel.
“We certainly broke ties with Russia,” Shmygal wrote.
On the eve of the introduction of the visa regime in the Russian Federation, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had issued a corresponding instruction to the government.
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“As part of countering the unprecedented threats to national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state, I proposed to the Cabinet of Ministers to fix the issue of regime change for the entry of Russian citizens into the territory of Ukraine , ”Zelensky said. .
As explained in the Foreign Ministry, Ukrainian visas will be issued by an independent international intermediary company VFS Global through visa centers, because Ukrainian consulates have been closed in Russia since the start of an invasion. of Russia.
Russians can get visas in: Moscow, St. Petersburg. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Samara.
Visas will not be issued to everyone. They will not allow entry into the territory of our country: to those who are on the list of sanctions, as well as to those who “create a threat to the national security of Ukraine.”
Earlier, against the backdrop of Russia’s full-scale invasion, a petition appeared on the website of the President of Ukraine creating a visa regime for Russian citizens to enter our state, and it got more than 25,000 signatures, required for its consideration by the head of state.
Recall that the Belarusian authorities have introduced a visa-free regime for Polish citizens from 1 July.
It was also reported that the Czech Republic will not issue visas to citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus until March 2023.
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Source: korrespondent
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