A visa ban won’t accomplish what #Ukraine wants
▻https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-ukraine-war-united-states-europe-visa-ban
Currently, individual member countries, including Poland, the Czech Republic, along with the Baltic nations, have all imposed restrictions on issuing short-term visas for Russian nationals. Despite the European Commission saying it’s up to individual member countries to decide whether to issue Schengen #visas, Estonia, Finland and Latvia are still lobbying hard for an EU-wide ban, and the issue is now likely come up at the European Council for formal discussion next month.