The Foreign Ministry allowed the refusal of Europe to issue Schengen visas to Russians
The consular offices of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Estonia have actually stopped issuing visas.
The Foreign Ministry allowed Europe to refuse to issue Schengen visas to Russians. About it TASS said the director of the consular department of the department, Ivan Volynkin.
The diplomat specified that there were calls from European countries to stop issuing documents to Russians. Despite the fact that most of the statements are made by politicians or public figures – Russophists, in the consulates of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Estonia, the issuance of visas has actually been suspended.
The head of the department of the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that Moscow continues to support the preservation of the possibility of mutual trips of citizens of Russia and Europe and hopes for the pragmatism and common sense of the EU.
Volynkin stressed that, subject to the complete cessation of the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians, the Foreign Ministry is counting on building visa cooperation on a bilateral basis with individual negotiable European countries.