Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielos Landsbergis called for the abolition of Schengen tourist visas issued to Russian citizens at the EU level.

In this context, the Lietuvos Rytas website quotes Landsbergis as saying: “It is better that a European decision be taken that cancels these visas and stops issuing them to everyone.” He pointed out that “a joint decision is needed at the level of the European Union, because now any Russian citizen can obtain a visa at the German consulate in every city where he is located and travel through the territories of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to wherever he wants. relax”.

On August 8, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with The Washington Post, called on Western countries to prevent all Russian citizens from entering their territory, saying: “Let them live in their own world until they change their philosophy.” ”, expressing the wish that the ban would apply to Russians already in Europe who left the country due to a dispute with the war, emphasizing that “it doesn’t matter what kind of Russian they are, send them back to Russia.”