Flags on the Bundestag building in Berlin, Germany. File photoBERLIN, Aug 22 A number of German opposition politicians are calling for an end to the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians, Bild reported. that Russians «go on vacation to Europe and spend their money as if nothing had happened.» clear signals,» Andrea Lindholz, a representative of the «sister» CDU party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), said in turn. Representative of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag, Jurgen Hardt, called for the cessation of issuing visas only to those Russians who are associated with the leadership of Russia, declaring that the population of Russia is not an enemy. Recently, there have been increasing calls in the West to stop issuing visas and block entry for Russians. Such statements were made by the Prime Ministers of Finland and Estonia Sanna Marin and Kaja Kallas. At the same time, the other day Latvia and Estonia announced the termination of the issuance of visas to Russian citizens. The latter, however, completely forbade entry on the basis of already issued documents. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the idea of stopping the issuance of visas to citizens of the country chauvinist, and the decision of Tallinn was anti-Estonian. >Cyprus opposed the ban on issuing visas to Russians
