The Russian Foreign Ministry did not rule out that Europe would stop issuing Schengen visas to Russians

“The ministry is carefully recording calls coming from Europe to stop issuing Schengen visas to Russians.

Most of these statements are made by odious politicians or public figures - Russophobes, and we perceive them accordingly, ”the TASS diplomat said.

Meanwhile, he added that the Russian side is seeing a virtual suspension of the issuance of visas to Russian citizens in the consular offices of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Estonia located in Russia.

“In the event of a radical degradation of consular ties with the rest of the Schengen member countries, even seemingly improbable scenarios cannot be ruled out,” Volynkin added.

Earlier, Acting Prime Minister of Finland, Minister for EU Affairs and State Property Tytti Tuppurainen said that the country's authorities do not plan to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians.

Leena Liukkonen, Deputy Head of the Consular Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, noted that Russians submit about 1,000 visa applications to Finland every day.