European Union's Ban On Visas For All Russians.

The European Union may impose additional penalties on Moscow as the situation in Ukraine rages on, such as a general ban on Russian travellers’ ability to obtain visas.

The Czech Republic announced on Friday that the idea will be submitted to the EU at a hastily planned gathering of foreign ministers in Prague at the end of August (12 August).

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky stated, “The flat suspension of Russian visas by all EU member states may be another extremely powerful outcome,” in a statement obtained by the news agency AFP.

Shared tourism for Russian people is not something that can be contemplated in a period of Russian hostility, which the Kremlin keeps intensifying, Lipavsky said.

The foreign minister went on to claim that the move will convey to the Russian population “a very obvious and direct signal” that “the West does not allow the Russian regime’s hostility and filthy words aimed at free, democratic countries that represent no threat to Russia.”

Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, recently asked for a travel ban on all Russian people in an interview with the Washington Post. Zelensky advised Russians to “live in their own universe until they change their perspective.”

On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that his country would invade Ukraine as part of a “special military operation.”

Moscow said that it wants to “demilitarise” and “de-nazify” its neighbouring nation while also defending the country’s Russian-speaking population.

Following the invasion, Russia was subject to a number of sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western countries.

The Czech Republic, which now holds the rotating European Union presidency, ceased granting normal Russian citizens visas on February 25, one day after the invasion.

But Russian tourists are flooding into Europe via Finland. Additionally, they are permitted to travel throughout much of Europe once they enter the visa-free Schengen region.