President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the states that have already imposed border crossing restrictions for tourists from the Russian Federation and called on other countries to adopt similar sanctions to make Russians feel the cost of the war against Ukraine. The head of our state stated this at a joint press conference with Latvian President Egils Levits and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Kyiv, Ukrinform writes..

“Today we have already received support from both Latvia and Poland for the sanctions policy against Russian aggression.

Today we discussed an important aspect of visa restrictions for tourists from the Russian Federation to " I think it's a perfectly fair decision.. Today we talked about the fact that we should unite and the circle of such countries should expand so that Russia feels the cost of this war,” Zelensky said..

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Earlier, the EU Council finally approved the complete suspension of the agreement on the simplified issuance of visas to Russians.. Citizens of the Russian Federation will now receive visas for trips to the countries of the European Union according to general rules.