... has no reason to perceive visa restrictions as a serious threat, and certainly doesn’t see them as a reason to make concessions to Brussels.
Moreover, Russia could renounce the principle of reciprocity in this matter and not toughen the receipt of visas on its part. Openness for EU citizens to come to Russia for study, business or tourism purposes, despite the decline of political relations, will be a sign of maturity and strength. We should maintain human and humanitarian ties with both "old" and "new" Europe, despite the populism ...
... visa-free regime. Sadly, visa matters have taken an entirely differently turn within some ten years. Today, far from discussing abolishing visa requirements for all Russian nationals, some EU nations are considering a prohibition on issuing Schengen visas to Russians.
In early August 2022, the President of Ukraine
called upon Western states
to close their countries off to Russians, while Ukraine itself is so far abstaining from such steps.
Virtually simultaneously, Estonia’s Prime Minister and several ...
... Chinese nationals in Russia on a reciprocal basis.
3. Expand the rules on the simplified procedure for tourists and investors entering the Russian Far East to other regions of the Russian Federation.
4. Simplify the procedure for issuing multiple-entry visas for Russian and Chinese nationals and increase their term of stay.
5. Resolve the issue of granting student visas on a reciprocal basis with the right to engage in temporary employment.
6. Greatly simplify mutual trips for residents of neighbouring regions ...
... asylum seekers and persons awaiting deportation and readmission. The report explicitly analyses new trends in Russia's policies to regulate legal and labor migration, although these issues have no direct association with the cancellation of the Schengen visas. The report also indicates that Russian law enforcers have been cooperating closely and effectively with their EU counterparts.
The European Commission's "First Progress Report on Implementation of Common Steps Toward Visa-Free Short-Term Travel of Russian and EU Citizens" ...
Should Russia introduce a visa regime for citizens of CIS countries?
The problem of illegal migration in Russia has been exacerbated to a large extent by the mixed migration regime with CIS countries that combines both liberal and restrictive tools. The experience ...
... prepared for such levels of openness and interaction due to its many objections to Russian foreign and domestic policy.
In addiiton, the European Union is unwilling to soften the visa regime for Russia’s neighbors, due to the belief that dropping visas for Russia while preserving them for countries within its geopolitical sphere of interest would
send the latter the wrong signal
.
Nevertheless, certain shifts have been taking place. Recently, Russia and the EU
have agreed on a roadmap on visa abolishment
...
... believe the two countries should try hard and launch a meaningful program. For example, such an impulse might come from the Moscow-Kazan rapid railway.
The Russian year in France and the French year in Russia seem to have been very successful, with visas issued to Russian citizens in a preferential mode. Will this be extended? Will France stand up for canceling the visa regime for Russians?
Actually, the year was really a success, not just in the cultural context. Many economic and political projects have been ...
... more EU members if not speak in favor of the visa abolition than call for a significant simplification of the visa regulations – issue of long-term visas. Six months ago Russia and the EU reached an agreement on the issue of
five-year Schengen visas to Russians
.
So far, Poland has become a singular pioneer as regards liberalization of the visa regime with Russia. An agreement on the visa-free border crossing within the frontier zone between the Kaliningrad Region and neighboring Polish regions will ...
