Estonia restricts Russian citizens' entry, Russian Duma Council: Copy for the implementation of a comprehensive economic blockade

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to the announcement issued by the Estonian government, from 00:00 on August 18, Russian citizens holding a Schengen visa issued by the Aifang Consul Agency will be restricted to enter.

Russian passport and Schengen visa. (Russia New News Agency)

The announcement said that this means that even if Russian citizens have obtained a Schengen visa issued by Estonia and the purpose of the visit is tourism, operation, sports, or cultural activities, and will not enter the port since the 18th. However, Russian citizens can still enter if the visa issued by other Schengen countries can still enter.

In this regard, Mormpus, a Russian country, said that in order to fight back on this decision by the Estonian government, Russia responded to the country's implementation of a comprehensive economic blockade, including stopping any goods with it. In this regard, it is necessary to jointly take measures with Belarus. In addition, in addition to the situation related to special humanitarian reasons, Estonian citizens should be prohibited from entering Russia. Merjevich, chairman of the Russian Baltic Research Association, said that Russia responded to strict economic sanctions on Estonia. At present, most of the goods transported by Estonia Railway are from Russia, and their budget mainly comes from Russia's payment.

According to Reuters, after the outbreak of the Russian -Ukraine conflict, although the European Union banned commercial flights from Russia, the Russians could still go to the neighboring EU countries through land and then take flights to other European destinations. At present, Latvia, Lithuania and Czech Republic have basically stopped issuing visas to Russian citizens. The number of visas issued to Russian citizens from September 1 will be reduced to 10%from September 1. However, German Prime Minister Tsurtz said recently that Berlin will not follow the European countries to call on the European Union to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens. (Wang Zhen)

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