Go to mediabankPolish flag. File photoWARSAW, Sep 19Mariusz Kaminski, Minister of the Interior and Administration of Poland, signed an order to increase restrictions on entry into the country for Russians, according to his Twitter message. He clarified that such a step was the result of agreements Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. />InfographicThe rationale for the order, published on the official resource of Polish legislative acts, states that, together with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Poland is introducing «temporary national measures for Russian citizens holding EU visas» «to counter direct threats to public order and security.» Also the justification states that it limits «the possibility of entry into the Schengen area for Russian citizens traveling for tourism, cultural, sporting and business purposes.» The document notes that the restrictions «do not introduce a complete ban on entry», as «reasonable dissidents, humanitarian causes, family members, residence permit holders, to facilitate the movement of goods and transport services, diplomatic missions and transit traffic. For air and sea border crossings, the rules will come into force on September 26.
The Russian Embassy accused Latvia of racial discriminationAt the same time, an air carrier that takes on board an aircraft a person who does not have the right to enter the EU through a border crossing located on the territory of Poland will be obliged to return him at his own expense. September 1 meeting in Prague agreed to suspend the visa facilitation agreement between Russia and the EU. This will make obtaining them longer, more difficult and more expensive. An agreement was also reached that border countries could restrict the entry of Russians at the national level, which Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia took advantage of. Earlier, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on EU plans to suspend the visa facilitation agreement, said that Moscow was not going to like Brussels in the unreasonable policy of «burning bridges» between people, but reserves the right to retaliatePresidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the difficulties for Russians in obtaining visas, said that the Europeans continue the destructive anti-Russian line, but Moscow's response does not have to be a mirror , he must take into account, first of all, his own interests.
