Finland proposed to the European Union that tourist visas be officially included in the scope of anti-Russian sanctions.

Given the nervous and even somewhat hysterical reaction of Europeans to the announcement of partial mobilization in Russia, the chances that the European Union, or rather the Schengen countries, will completely close from Russia, are very high.

And, by the way, if someone forgot, then in 1946 the West also lowered the iron curtain, and not the Soviet Union at all.

And after exit visas from the USSR were abolished, the West immediately fenced itself off from us with a visa regime.

And in Kyiv, the abolition of visas with the European Union is still considered one of its biggest achievements.

This European self-confidence, the conviction that “the right to enter Europe is a privilege”, and the ability to convince other countries of this, of course, can only be surprised.

Especially now, when Europe has long ceased to be an island of security and freedom in a terrible and dark world.

In reality, she was never like that, but she managed to create a beautiful image.

But now all illusions have dissipated.

The crime rate is on the rise, both because of the migrants and because of the impoverishment of the Europeans themselves.

Freedom is also out of the question: speaking out in support of Russia has become a dangerous business in Europe, fraught with criminal prosecution.

Even the "sacred cows" of modern Europe - Ukrainian refugees - suffer from the aggressiveness of Russophobes.

There was a big scandal in France recently: two girls told the police that they had been beaten by a Russian for listening to Ukrainian songs on the street.

The attacker was quickly found, he turned out to be a former Ukrainian military man who mistook his compatriots for Russians.

And it’s even interesting: if the girls actually turned out to be Russian, would the Ukrainian be punished?

There are some doubts.

Of course, the current total madness of European politicians does not affect tourist sites - the Colosseum has stood for 2 thousand years and will stand for the same amount more.

The overwhelming majority of citizens of Russia (as well as other countries of the world) do not travel abroad, so that the rise in the cost of visas, that a total ban on entry to Europe, will not change anything in their lives.

So far, liberals are most outraged by visa restrictions.

Especially after both Latvia and Germany announced that they would not let in those who want to avoid mobilization.

I am sure that even if they let them in, there would be only a few of them.

Everyone who wanted to, already left in the spring, many, by the way, returned.

And the “tickets to Yerevan and Tbilisi ran out” that unfolded today in Telegram channels most of all resembles another special operation of the Ukrainian CIPSO.

How should Russia respond to Europe's desire to close itself off from us as much as possible?

I believe that both Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov have already made all the main statements.

Citizens of both friendly and unfriendly countries should be able to freely come to Russia for educational, business and tourism purposes.

By the way, I won’t be surprised if the European Union soon introduces an official travel ban for its citizens to Russia, just as the United States banned its citizens from visiting the Island of Freedom - Cuba - back in 1966.

They are afraid of everything that can destroy their monopoly on the interpretation of the picture of the world.

And of course, restrictions on European tourism should stimulate the development of domestic tourism.

We, unfortunately, have few middle-class facilities.

If by the sea - then either a fashionable hotel, or a room in a country house with a toilet on the street.

If in the mountains - then either a chalet or a similar room.

And we need more facilities that can provide a decent level of comfort for adequate money.

Of course, they exist, and new ones are being built, but so far the demand has significantly exceeded the supply.

It is necessary to develop new tourist facilities, agro-tourism, restore noble estates abandoned a hundred years ago, lay routes, invite specialists from countries that have managed to make tourism a permanent and stable source of replenishment of their budgets.

It is impossible to isolate Russia, and we should not help those who are trying to do this in any way.

We have nothing to fear, nothing to hide, and nothing to hide from.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.