EU Countries Split as Russian Visa Numbers Climb Again
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Visas for Russians divide the EU: France, Italy and Spain issue them in large quantities, the Baltics protest. Visa statistics have temporarily disappeared from documents.
France issued 23% more visas to Russians as EU rules tightened
EU governments issued more than 620,000 Schengen visas to Russian citizens in 2025, a 10.2% jump over the previous year, with France leading both in volume and in growth, Ukrainska Pravda reported on 7 May, citing Euractiv's review of confidential European Commission data and EU diplomats. The data exposes a six-month gap between Brussels' November security tightening — billed as a response to Russian sabotage, espionage, and weaponized migratio…
According to information from the Euractiv news website, more than 620,000 Russian nationals were granted visas in 2025. This figure is 10% higher than in 2024. France was the most generous with Italy and Spain, which sows the trouble in Europe.
Which EU countries have issued the most visas to Russians? Disputes have intensified within the EU over the increasing number of Schengen visas issued to Russian citizens despite the full-scale war against Ukraine, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing Euractiv. Read also: Britain braces for jet fuel shortages – flights may be cancelled. According to the publication, in 2025, Russians submitted over 670,000 applications for Schengen visas, an increase of …
In 2025, the European Union issued 620,000 Schengen visas to Russian citizens, an increase of 10.2 per cent over the previous year, as reported in Euroactiv, which had available relevant statistics.
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