I paesi dell’UE stanno discutendo restrizioni più strette sui visti turistici russi e viaggiano di diplomatico in vista del pacchetto di sanzioni del XIX BLOC. [NOELREPORTS]
EU countries are debating tighter restrictions on Russian tourist visas and diplomat travel ahead of the bloc’s 19th sanctions package. Frontline states like Poland and the Baltics back a full visa ban, while countries like Italy, Spain, and Greece remain hesitant due to tourism revenue.
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Debating, condemning blablabla. Just block them all from entering EU. All of them poor or rich. Suspend visas and so on.
Russian Visa’s should have stopped day 1 of the invasion!
Yes, this would be great, although it is very late
A bit more nuance: over a million Russians have fled abroad since the war started, many of them from the best-educated, highest-qualified segment of the population. Some flee because they don’t want to be drafted, some because they disagree with the war (and in a few of those have spoken out publicly against it). Keeping those guys out of Russia, and having a way for others like them to leave, only hurts the war machine. They don’t *have* to be allowed in Europe in particular (perhaps it’s best for them to go to neutral countries) but there should be a good way to get people out of Russia
I think the best policy is: offer visas to genuine refugees (people fleeing the draft, people with arrest warrants for antiwar protests). But make *sure* that they are real refugees and not oligarch kids on vacation, or spies… and also make sure they can’t go back and forth
A few ideas along those lines:
– require a signed antiwar statement (yes, really)
– refugee status = some way to prevent travel back (real refugees wouldn’t)
– screen for any FSB ties; see if they have family left behind that can be used as hostages; continuously monitor them even if they do get visas
– any existing visas should be reviewed, and only extended if they meet the same criteria