At the time of Saturday, eight European countries, seven EU members and Britain, had stated their “principled position” on Russian tourists. Among the “measures taken” are, first of all, the abolition of visas, as well as the closure of airspace for Russian aircraft (more details here).
Here are the details: The window to Europe is closing: all EU countries may suspend the admission of Russian tourists
Poland – does not issue visas to Russian tourists. In addition, the country is an airspace for Russian carriers with the onset of Saturday local time. “Relevant norms are being developed immediately,” he said. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also instructed the government to prepare a resolution to close the country’s airspace to Russian airlines.
The Czech Republic – not only does not issue visas to Russian tourists, but also closed offices, however, leaving loopholes – they are closed in Karlovy Vary and Brno in the Czech Republic and in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg in Russia, in Prague and Moscow conditionally continue to work. The country has also joined in closing the skies
Latvia does not issue visas to tourists and is discussing closing the skies.
Lithuania does not issue visas to Russian tourists.
Belgium does not issue visas to Russian tourists – and, moreover, “pushes” this initiative across the EU. Belgian Refugee Minister Sammy Mahdi said that his country would stop issuing visas to Russians, especially tourists, and called on all EU leaders to follow suit: “At the moment, Russians are not happy taboo”.
Britain closed the sky for Russian airlines, Russia responded symmetrically.
Bulgaria joined the closure initiative on Friday night. At the same time, the closing date was announced – May 25, exactly before the beginning of the summer tourist season.
On Saturday, Estonia said it was closing airspace to Russian planes.