“Russia is part of Europe”: Austrian authorities urged the EU not to stop issuing visas to Russians

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Austria called on the countries of the European Union not to stop issuing Schengen visas to residents of Russia. The corresponding statement was made by the country's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.

According to him, it is impossible to ban the issuance of visas for 144 million Russians.



We must understand that Russia is not going anywhere. Geography cannot change, just like history. Russia will remain a part of European history and culture. In one way or another, the European security architecture will have to include Russia in the future as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and as a nuclear power

summed up Alexander Schallenberg.

On the Web, the statement of the head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry has already been called sensible, which is rarely heard from the European leadership. Visa policy Western countries in relation to the citizens of the Russian Federation has recently become seriously tougher.


For example, American visas in Moscow were no longer issued at all. And the conditions for issuing a Schengen visa to Russians have become almost impossible. Some EU countries require Russian citizens to provide documents that they cannot provide. For example, an insurance policy issued by a European company. It, as you know, can only be purchased with a Western bank credit card.

At the same time, a number of countries are now preparing for the complete abolition of visas for Russians. We are talking about Mexico, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait. Some African states are preparing to take similar steps.
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  1. 0
    17 January 2023 12: 14
    There are still people in this world whose health is beyond doubt.
  2. 0
    17 January 2023 12: 38
    Russia is a raw material colony of Europe, and of the entire collective West since 1991, an appendage, a rudiment. Europe (eastern part) was part of Russia (USSR) until 1991.
  3. 0
    17 January 2023 12: 50
    Vienna remembers, the Alps and the Danube remember....
    But Berlin seems to have forgotten.
  4. 0
    17 January 2023 13: 04
    It seems to me that one should be suspicious of those who travel to Europe at such a time. And not a spy-foreign agent or a comprador who wants to go to Europe?
  5. 0
    17 January 2023 15: 57
    The general message of the West: they should not run away from the colony, only "honest" compradores, spies, traitors, foreign agents and simply "people of the world" should be able to go to Europe.