Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Western countries to ban all Russian citizens from entering their territories. “The most important sanctions are to close the borders — because the Russians are taking away someone else’s land,” he told The Washington Post. Zelensky said Russians who have left Russia because of their opposition to the war against Ukraine should not be exempt: “Whichever kind of Russian [...] make them go to Russia.”
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas made a similar statement in a tweet on Tuesday, calling on EU countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens.
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