The West should turn away all Russian tourists – Edward Lukas. The issue of banning the entry of Russians is a matter of national security.
The West should turn away all Russian tourists – Edward Lukas. The issue of banning the entry of Russians is a matter of national security.
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Listen me out kindly – hopefully travel visa restrictions will free up capacities to approve working visas faster for Russians who are willing to relocate and thus effectively continue the brain drain (Finland is doing this). But frankly I don’t see how this will protect Europe from spies, afaik Russian government agents use dual citizenships and travel via neighbouring countries like Uzbekistan.
Overall I think restrictions based on nationality plays on hand of Putin picturing west as Russophobic, but handling own borders is right of each country and sane Russian don’t believe Putin anyway. I don’t see how middle class in russia can afford travelling without having any ways to cash out euros or book a flight, so presumably it will hit the wealthiest part of the population (which is tend to be related with ruling Apparat). Feel free to disagree or correct me, fellow compatriots and Europeans 🙂
Uh-huh. I’m already here in “the West”, and so are millions of other Russians. Maybe stop the schizo screeching? Or will I live to see the reasoning like “real humane internment camps have never been tried”? 🙂