Putin signed a law on the abolition of the simplified procedure for issuing visas with a number of European countries

The corresponding document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

It is noted that the law was adopted "in connection with the need to take urgent measures in response to unfriendly actions" of the EU, Denmark, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Earlier, Putin signed a decree on retaliatory visa measures in relation to a number of countries.