The Russian reaction to Kiev's introduction of biometric control for Russian citizens at the border crossing will immediately follow. This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova at the briefing on Thursday, August 24. However, Moscow is not going to react to every sneeze from the Ukrainian side.

Before talking about the response, Moscow intends to wait for the final decision of Kiev on the introduction of a certain visa regime for Russians entering the territory of Ukraine. Otherwise, it can be just a waste of time, explained Zakharova. She recalled how a huge number of statements on various occasions were heard from Ukraine, which then suddenly turned in a completely different direction. This also applies to visa issues. In particular, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry initially said himself that "the visa regime is irrelevant, its introduction is not necessary, it just hurt Ukraine itself". Now, in effect, according to Zakharova, some political processes in the country, there were talks about the need for a full visa or at least a hybrid regime.

Earlier it was reported that the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine had decided to introduce biometric control for citizens of other countries crossing the Ukrainian border. Meanwhile, the day before it became known that the Ukrainian government is developing new entry rules for Russian citizens. Official Kyiv refrains from commenting on this matter.

Accordingly, Moscow will begin to study this issue in detail not earlier than the time when the decision will be made. "Hypothetical reasoning about such things is simply out of place, because the political climate in Ukraine is changing, the weather is unstable.

Let's wait for decisions or non-solutions in this regard, "the diplomat called.

On its example, Moscow recommends that other countries respond more calmly to external provocations. In particular, the Russian Foreign Ministry hopes that Pyongyang will be able to show restraint and not respond militarily to the next large-scale naval exercises of the United States and South Korea, which these days are held on the Korean Peninsula. In the DPRK, the maneuvers at their borders have already been called a rehearsal of the armed conflict.