EU fully suspends

The European Union has comprehensively suspended the visa facilitation agreement with Russia from the 12th. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gruhko said that the European Union made another stupid mistake and tried to divide Russian society as right and wrong.

According to the Russian satellite news agency reported on the 12th, in the visa practice, the suspension of the agreement means that Russian citizens who are preparing to go to EU countries will use general rules for issuing visas from third -country immigrants. In particular, the visa cost will increase from 35 euros to 80 euros. The applicant must provide a list of expanded documents, and the maximum of processing requests will increase to 45 days.

The website of the European Commission shows that after September 12, the EU proposes to "non -priority considerations" for the Embassy of member states to be submitted by Russian citizens who want to obtain a tourist visa. In other words, the consideration of potential Russian tourists should be put at the end. At the same time, it is necessary to give priority to the application of EU citizens' families, journalists, community representatives, students and researchers.

Gruhko said on the 12th that Russia would not rush to retaliate against Brussels to restrict the decision to issue visas to Russian citizens. He said: "In fact, the European Union made another stupid mistake. As a diplomat, it is difficult for me to find another word to describe it. It tries to divide Russian society into right or wrong in some way. What kind of revenge do we make this stupid behavior? Let's see how it will affect people's contact. We never agree with restrictions. "

The "Voice of Germany" quoted Muladian, the head of Russian "Space Travel", saying that Maldives, Mauritius and Turkey are currently a popular tourist destination of Russians. In EU countries, Greece and Italy are particularly welcomed by Russians because these two countries are "tolerant" for Russian tourists. Muradian predicts that many Russians will travel to the UAE and Southeast Asia. ▲

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