Russia imposes visa restrictions on citizens of ‘unfriendly countries’
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday introducing visa regulations for residents of nations that Moscow deems “unfriendly” in reaction to sanctions over Ukraine.
The decree, which comes into pressure on Monday, suspends Russia’s simplified visa issuance regime with a few European Union international locations in addition to Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland.
It additionally ordered the Russian overseas ministry and different our bodies to determine on introducing private access regulations on “overseas residents and stateless folks who dedicate unfriendly movements in opposition to Russia, its residents or its criminal entities.” Last month the Russian authorities permitted a listing of unfriendly international locations inclusive of United States, Canada, Britain, EU states and Ukraine, amongst others.
Russia despatched tens of heaps of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it referred to as a unique operation to degrade its southern neighbour’s navy talents and root out humans it referred to as risky nationalists.
Ukrainian forces have established stiff resistance and the West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia on the way to pressure it to withdraw its forces.
