Hanse Mina<p>Major European tourist countries, such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a>, have significantly increased the number of tourist visas issued to Russians.</p><p>Overall, 552,630 new Schengen visas were issued to Russians, which is approximately nine percent more than in 2023.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Czech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Czech</span></a> Republic and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> have restricted entry for Russian tourists. </p><p><a href="https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/03ceffd4-2a3f-4c32-b011-23e670dce20a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/03ceff</span><span class="invisible">d4-2a3f-4c32-b011-23e670dce20a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a></p>