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According to Tanner, since the coronavirus pandemic restrictions were lifted, the number of crossings of the Russian-Finnish border has increased by 10-30% compared to the spring and early summer.
At the same time, it is noted that some Russians use Finland only as a transit country, for example, for trips to Mediterranean resorts.
“People are already paying attention to it,” said Tanner.
He added that if a visa issued by Finland is clearly used only for transit to another country, a new visa may be refused.
“The issue of visas for Russians should be discussed at the EU level at the end of August at an informal meeting of foreign ministers.
Following the same meeting, Finland would like to see a common EU line on the issue of visas,” Tanner said.
Earlier it was reported that, according to a survey, more than half of the inhabitants of Finland would support the termination of the issuance of tourist Schengen visas to Russian citizens.