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EU: soft visa for the elected

A new visa at the old prices said Director of the European Commission in Moscow Marc Franco. He recalled that in the near future the cost of Schengen visas will rise to 60 euros. For the citizens of Russia remain the same price, that is 35 euro for the visa. With regard to the Kaliningrad region, the residents there are a visa, for example, in Lithuania for free. When the republic will come into Schengen, kaliningradtsam, like all Russians will have to pay 35 euros.

remind that Vladimir Putin and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso signed an agreement on simplified visa regulations as early as May last year at the summit in Sochi. The document sets out mutual simplification of the procedures for the issuance of short-term visas (for a period not exceeding 90 days). The exception for Denmark, Ireland and Britain.

Henrik Lax from Finland noted that the simplification of visa regime “little regard to ordinary people.” As Europeans, and Russians.

“It is not fair that only certain categories (close relatives, businessmen, members of official delegations, students, the scientific, cultural and sports events, journalists, persons visiting military and civilian graves, the drivers of the international cargo and passenger transportation. “NI”) could benefit from a simplified regime, “he said.