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EU plans to make it more difficult for Russians to obtain visas

People on the bridge over Narva river at the border crossing with Russia in Narva, Estonia. Estonia is one of several countries with a land border with Russia supporting an EU-wide ban on Russian tourist visas. © Ints Kalnin/Reuters

The European Union is planning to suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, and several countries are pushing for an outright ban on deliveries of Russian tourist visas.

At a meeting of European Union foreign ministers meeting in Prague on Tuesday and Wednesday focusing on the six-month-old war in Ukraine, member states are likely to agree on principle on suspending a Russia visa request deal, which would make it more difficult for Russians to travel to the bloc.

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