day 172 of war in Ukraine.

The leaders of Latvia and Estonia have insisted on the need to tighten travel restrictions on Russians, including the ban on tourist visas. A bet that goes against the opinion of Germany, whose government rejects a general veto for these citizens.

The president of Latvia, Egils Levits, is the one who has urged to adopt measures of this type at the level of the European Union (EU). For this reason, he has demanded that annulment of residence permits and visas already issued by his country.

“Latvia, together with Finland, Estonia, the Czech Republic and other like-minded countries, should drive Europe-wide demand for stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens. These would be additional sanctions against Russia,” he said at an event in Riga.