Glava diplomacy of the European Union: the presence of a Schengen visa does not guarantee Russians entry to the EU According to the European Commission, almost a million Russians have valid Schengen visas. The EU has decided to suspend the simplified issuance of new entry documents, which is why the visa fee will more than double Josep Borrel The presence of a valid Schengen visa is a prerequisite, not a guarantee for the entry of Russians into the EU, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel at the EU interparliamentary conference in Prague. “Having a visa is not a guarantee that a [Russian] tourist will enter a particular country. This is a precondition, but he must pass control at the border, and he may not be allowed in,” Borrel said (quoted by TASS). He noted that the United States also applies this practice. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy noted that the EU is not going to completely refuse to issue visas to Russians in order not to “isolate itself from civil society”. Earlier, he noted that visas will also continue to be issued to those who oppose military actions in Ukraine.
The European Union is discussing the introduction of restrictions on the issuance of visas to Russians, but there is no consensus among EU members on this issue. On August 30 and 31, an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers was held in Prague, at which a political, but not a legal, decision was made to suspend the simplified visa regime with Russia on this issue. According to the agenda of the next meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU states, they will discuss and possibly approve the suspension of the simplified visa regime on September 7.
Such a measure will lead to an increase in the visa fee from €35 to €80. As it is believed in the EU, this will reduce the number of visas issued. A decision on what to do with the visas already issued has not yet been made, Borrel said.
As Politico writes with reference to the representative of the European Commission Anita Hipper, as of September 1 of this year, the number of valid visas issued to Russians is 963189.
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The Baltic countries, Poland, and Finland advocate the introduction of tough measures in visa policy. Hungary opposed it, its representatives noted that such measures were not supported by “many member countries”, before these ideas were negatively evaluated in Germany and France.
The Kremlin promised that there would be a “serious response” to the EU visa restrictions on Russians. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out that in response to the “Schengen walls”, we do not need to close, we do not need to reciprocate, collectively punish citizens of European countries. According to the minister, Moscow “has favorite characters” that are already on the “sanctions lists”.
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