Germany Pushes for Further Cuts to Tourist Visas for Russian Citizens
- On Wednesday, German Foreign Ministry spokesperson Martin Giese announced plans to further reduce tourist visas for Russian citizens, stating travel formats cannot continue while Russia "wages an aggressive war."
- Germany's announcement follows its accusation on Monday that Russia orchestrated a sabotage attempt at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where investigators discovered explosive drones near a Ukrainian An-124 cargo plane.
- Concurrently, Germany ordered the Russian Consulate General in Bonn to close by September 18 and mandated staff at the "Russian House" in Berlin depart within seven days.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated Moscow will respond to these decisions, while Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warned on September 1 of potential future hybrid attacks.
- Giese indicated Berlin will negotiate with European Union partners to decrease visa numbers following a 2025 surge where EU countries issued 620,000 Schengen visas to Russian citizens, a 10.2% increase.
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The German government has called on its European partners to introduce stricter restrictions on tourist travel by Russian citizens to the European Union, DPA reported, BTA reported. “The number of visas issued – type C visas for Russian citizens who want to vacation in the European Union – is too high,” a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said yesterday in Berlin. He recalled an agreement reached in 2022 within the EU for member states t…
Russians are being granted too many tourist visas to enter the EU, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry tells Deutsche Welle.
Russians are being granted too many tourist visas to enter the EU, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry tells Deutsche Welle.
Germany Pushes for Further Cuts to Tourist Visas for Russian Citizens
German official Martin Giese stated during a press conference on September 2 that tourist trips by Russian citizens to Germany "cannot continue in the former format, as before, because there is no 'normality' while Russia is waging an aggressive war."
Germany intends to further reduce the number of tourist visas issued to Russian citizens after the outbreak of the large-scale war in Ukraine has decreased by about ten times. Berlin also announces stricter controls on the entry of Russians into the country, while Germany accuses Moscow of attempting to sabotage a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig airport, Meduza announces.
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