Until Brussels's decision. Five EU countries threatened to limit the entry of the Russians - FT

Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have stated that they were ready to take "national measures" to reduce the number of Russians who enter their countries and called on the European Union for collective actions. About it reports Financial Times, which got acquainted with their joint statement, on Wednesday, August 31.

The EU Eastern powers bordering on Russia's aggressor country demand that the European Commission offer "visa measures" that "decisively reduce the flow of Russian citizens to the EU and the Schengen area.

" Video of the day "So far such measures will not be taken at the EU level, we will consider the possibility of introducing temporary measures at the national level to address urgent issues of public safety related to increasing the flow of Russian citizens through our borders," the statement said. FT writes that since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, about 700,000 Russians have entered these five countries, most of whom were tourists.

States consider it a potential serious threat to security. At the same time, they believe that for Russian dissidents, as well as "other humanitarian cases", it is necessary to make exceptions and give opponents of the Putin regime the opportunity to leave Russia. In Prague, on August 30-31, there is a meeting of the EU ministers, which discusses, in particular, the ban on issuing visas to Europe for Russian citizens.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siarto stated that his country and some other EU countries opposed the ban. According to the Minister, the European Union will suspend an agreement with Russia on the simplified issuance of visas, but a full visa prohibition will not be introduced. According to the five EU countries that have approved a joint statement, the abolition of a simplified visa regime is a "necessary first step", but they will continue to look for harder measures.