Go to mediabankMOSCOW, Oct 6Moscow negatively assesses the suspension of the visa facilitation agreement with Switzerland, this only confirms Bern's departure from the principles of neutrality, Oleg Tyapkin, director of the third European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. principles of neutrality and, of course, devalues the reputation of the Confederation as an «honest broker», which in the past brought it many dividends and advantages in the international arena,» the diplomat said. up to 80 euros, and the processing time for documents is now 15 days. Students, athletes, journalists and truckers from the Russian Federation are also no longer eligible for a simplified visa regime with Switzerland. Earlier, the press secretary of the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration, Lucas Rieder, explained to RIA Novosti that instead of an agreement on a simplified visa procedure, general the conditions for entry into the Schengen area and the related visa procedures return to the normal rules of the visa code.4 October, 18:34 The Russian Ambassador in Bern was summoned to the Swiss Foreign Ministry On September 12, the visa facilitation agreement between the European Union and Russia was suspended. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia also agreed to jointly introduce travel restrictions for Russian citizens and agreed on a common regional approach to the possibility of Russians traveling. Polish government spokesman Petr Muller said that Poland and the Baltic countries would not let Russian citizens into the Schengen zone even with visas issued by third countries. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on EU plans to suspend the visa facilitation agreement between Russia and countries of the European Union, said that Moscow is not going to become like Brussels in the unreasonable policy of «burning bridges» between people, but reserves the right to retaliate. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the difficulties for Russians in obtaining visas, said that Europeans continue their destructive anti-Russian line, but Russia's response should not necessarily be a mirror image, but take into account, first of all, its own interests.Read the full text of the interview >>>
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