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German Chancellor Olaf In fact, Scholz repeated the recent statement of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, that EU authorities should not interfere in the visa issue of Russian citizens who oppose the government.
On August 8, Zelensky called on EU countries to ban the entry of all Russians. In the EU, these words caused controversy: some politicians, such as the Baltic states, supported them, while representatives of Western European countries said that it was against EU rules. A week later, the Ukrainian leader slightly changed his rhetoric: he again called for a ban on the entry of Russian citizens, but for exceptions for the opposition.
On Monday, at a press conference after the meeting of representatives of the Nordic Council countries in Oslo, he answered the question of visas for Russians . The chancellor repeated the words he has said many times that it was the right decision of the European Union “to impose sanctions against those responsible for the war”. Among those “responsible” he assigned oligarchs and those who benefit from the Russian government headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The answer to the question that some countries do not issue and do not issue tourist visas to Russian citizens. Whether this is a sign of weakening EU unity, Scholz noted that “the unity of the European Union is preserved.