Russians with a Schengen visa issued by any state of the European Union for the purpose of tourism, sports or culture, will cease to be allowed into the Czech Republic from October 25. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Jan Lipavsky.
“While in Ukraine, Russian missiles fall on playgrounds and people who just go to work, up to 200 citizens of the Russian Federation arrive at the Czech Republic through the International Airport. Therefore, we agreed that those citizens of Russia who arrive who arrive to the territory of the Czech Republic across the external borders of the Schengen zone – that is, through our international airport – for the purpose of tourism, sports or culture, it will be denied the entrance. This measure will be applied to the owners of the current Schengen visa issued by any EU member, ”the Minister said Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
Previously, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland introduced a similar ban. Only Russian citizens visiting relatives, as well as dissidents, truck drivers and diplomats.
can cross their boundaries.