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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kate Connolly in Berlin, Lorenzo Tondo and Pjotr Sauer

Germany urges EU to cut Russians’ holiday visas after sabotage attacks

A police officer in protective clothing walks next to an explosive-disarming robot
An explosive-disarming robot at Leipzig airport in August. Berlin said Russian intelligence was likely to have been behind the alleged plot. Photograph: Axel Schmidt/Reuters

Germany is urging its European partners to introduce tighter limitations on Russian citizens entering the EU on tourist visas, after recent sabotage attacks which Berlin has blamed on Moscow.

German authorities are investigating a Belarusian national, who also holds a Russian passport, over the alleged attempt to attack Leipzig airport using drones and explosives.

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