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The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba reported that a number ...

Zelensky's initiative to terminate visas to the Russians is gaining momentum in the European Union - Kuleba

The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba reported that a number of EU countries supported the initiative of President Vladimir Zelensky to terminate visas to the Russians. “The position of Zelensky's President is very clear: the prohibition of departure for the Russians is the most effective personal sanction. It is not necessary to say that not all Russians are guilty.

The Russians in the vast majority support aggression against Ukraine, war crimes and murder, seizure of someone else's land, ”the minister said during a briefing. He added that it is quite logical to deprive them of the right to cross international borders until "they learn to respect them. " Kuleba noted that for those who are persecuted by the Kremlin regime will always remain the possibility of political asylum.

But tourists from the Russian Federation "In the USSR T -shirts and letters Z" should not wander Europe during the bloody war of their country against Ukraine, he is convinced. "I am glad to report that this initiative of President Zelensky is already gaining momentum in the European Union," he said. Kuleba recalled that Latvia no longer issues a visa to the Russians, and Finland and Estonia supported such plans.

He added that plans to terminate visas to the Russians will be discussed at the EU level. Zelensky reported that a prohibition for Russian citizens could become one of the most effective measures against Russia, in an interview with The Washington Post. Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on August 8, which intends to limit the trips of the Russians to Finland and other EU countries.