(Morning News) In the summer tourist peak season, Europe ushered in a large number of passengers, but the Finnish government announced on Tuesday (August 16) that it would cut a tourist visa issued to Russian citizens.
The Finnish government pointed out that due to Russia's dissatisfaction with Ukraine's military operations, Finland has limited Russian tourist visas to the current number of 10%from September 1.
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said: "(Finland) will not completely stop issuing tourist visas, but the number will be significantly reduced."
Because it cannot unilaterally unilateralAccording to the relevant ban on nationality, Finland will restrict the opening time of applying for a tourist visa to restrict Russian citizens' entry.
Harvesto believes that in this way, Finnish officials will have more time to give priority to other types of visas, such as visiting relatives, work, and studying abroad.At present, Finland must process about 1,000 visa applications from Russia.
In addition, Finland also considers the establishment of a national humanitarian visa, which is mainly provided to those who need to escape from home or visit Europe for news or publicity.
Finnish Prime Minister Marlin also called for a visa ban on the EU within its EU."When Russia kills people in Ukraine, Russian citizens can enter Europe to become tourists. This is wrong ... This is wrong."
