Austrian Foreign Minister did not support the EU visa ban for all Russians

“We must not cross the line, for example, by introducing a visa ban for 144 million Russians,” the Kronen Zeitung newspaper quotes him as saying.

Schallenberg added that the future European security architecture will include Russia "as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and as a nuclear power."

Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Yevgeny Ivanov said that the EU states have minimized the issuance of multiple-entry visas for Russian citizens, and some countries put forward obviously impossible conditions for obtaining entry permits for tourists.