The well-known Russian journalist Alexei Venediktov has sharply reacted to the EU granting a visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens.

His claim to the leadership of Russia, the editor-in-chief of the radio station Ekho Moskvy, originally expressed in Twitter.

"Putin fought-fought for a visa-free regime with Europe and achieved. But for Ukraine, "he wrote.

Subscribers Venediktov also did not stay aloof from sarcasm against the Russian president.

"There's nothing to talk evil about the national leader - because he did something useful. He now and terrorism will win in Syria, do not interfere. ", - commented the user under the nickname of the 37th Resident.

Mikhail Novikov? Believes that Putin and was not going to never seek visa-free from the EU.

"If Putin really fought, he would have achieved. But the interests of a handful of bureaucrats turned out to be above the interests of 146 million Russian citizens. ", He wrote.

"Everything that Putin does inside and outside the country goes to the detriment of a large part of Russians. Putin's narcissism is still going to happen, "Sergei Panyuzhev said..

As reported by the "Observer", on the night of June 11, came into force the decision of the European Union (EU) on visa-free travel of Ukrainian citizens.

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