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Turkish hotels have stopped accepting Russian bank cards. Hotels in Turkey do not accept cards of the Russian payment system ‘Mir’. Russian citizens are reportedly being denied bank card services due to pressure from America and the EU on Ankara to comply with sanctions imposed on Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This was […]
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands have completely stopped accepting documents from Russian tourists. The rest of the EU countries continue to issue visas to Russians, but under new, more complicated conditions. According to the decision of the European Union, the agreement on the simplified visa regime with […]
The European Commission recommended that EU countries review the decisions regarding visas already issued to Russians. EC member for internal affairs Ylva Johansson estimated their number as ‘less than a million’. In her opinion, now that the agreement on the simplified visa regime with Russia has been canceled, EU countries need to decide whether already […]
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to significantly restrict the movement of Russian citizens with Schengen visas across their land borders. This was stated by the head of the Foreign Ministry of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevičs. However, countries have made exceptions for humanitarian reasons, as well as for truck drivers and people entering for family or […]
A scandal broke out between a Ukrainian family and a Russian-speaking woman on a flight from Vienna to Valencia. The girl’s mother contacted the police and wrote a statement. A Russian-speaking woman on the Vienna-Valencia plane hit a child from Ukraine who was sitting in the seat behind her. The details of the story were […]
This was reported by the interim Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria, Ilin Dimitrov. Dimitrov explained that the cost of the visa was 80 euros, but was reduced to 35 euros for Russians, but not for long. “This discount will disappear. It will not work to ban the entry of Russians, but the visa for them […]
Estonian authorities have warned that Russians may lose their real estate in the country. We are talking about those who lost access to it due to sanctions and will go into debt, explained the vice chancellor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Estonia, Veiko Kommusaar. He noted that Russian citizens own 41,351 real estate […]
The European Union has announced plans to launch a new ETIAS permit system. Everyone who wants to enter the EU should use it. The entrance itself will be paid. ETIAS stands for European Travel Information and Authorization System. It should replace the process of obtaining a visa. The ETIAS application can be submitted online. The […]
Refugees from Ukraine will have to pay for certain routes from the beginning of summer. Other rules for free use of the railway remain unchanged. From June 1, Poland will change the rules for issuing free tickets to Ukrainians for rail travel. Passengers from Ukraine will be able to travel free of charge only on […]
The Dutch embassy in Moscow has stopped issuing visas to Russians. This happened after Russia sent 15 Dutch diplomats. After the expulsion of 15 diplomats from Moscow, few employees remained at the Dutch embassy. As a result, the embassy will no longer be able to issue short-term visas to Russian citizens from Wednesday, April 27. […]