Russians with tourist and student visas will be barred from entering the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria is introducing visa restrictions for Russian diplomats.
Czech authorities will ban the entry of Russians on tourist and student visas in response to a mass missile attack in Ukraine. And Bulgaria will end the visa-free regime for Russian diplomats.
on Wednesday, it decided to increase visa restrictions for Russian citizens, as well as support the education of Belarusian and Ukrainian students at Czech universities.
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This was reported by “European Truth” with reference to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
“While in Ukraine, Russian missiles are falling on playgrounds and on people just going to work, up to 200 citizens of the Russian Federation arrive in the Czech Republic through the international airport every day,” the website quoted of the Czech Foreign Ministry its words. Minister Jan Lipavsky.
“That is why we have agreed that Russian citizens who enter the Czech territory through the external Schengen border – especially our international airport – for the purpose of tourism, sports or culture, are will be rejected now,” he added.
Lipavsky specified that this decision will take effect on October 25 and will apply to Russian travelers with a valid Schengen visa issued by any EU member state.
Thus, the Czech Republic joins the Baltic countries, Poland and Finland, which have closed their borders to Russian tourists in recent weeks.
At the same time, the Czech government allowed students from Ukraine to enter Czech universities, even if they received temporary protection abroad by the EU, and allowed Belarusian students to come to Czech territory.
Meanwhile, Bulgaria has suspended one of the clauses of the bilateral agreement with the Russian Federation, which provides that citizens of both countries with valid diplomatic and service passports have the right to enter, exit, transit and temporarily reside in territory of another contract. visa-free party for up to 90 days within any period of 180 days from the date of first entry, according to Dnes.
Thus, Russian citizens with diplomatic and service passports can no longer enter Bulgaria without a visa. A similar decision was already made at the EU Council level on February 25, immediately after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Today it is also reported that Estonia is closing its ports to some Russian ships.
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Source: korrespondent
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