Moscow, May 13 (EFE). Russia immediately really useful its citizens to refrain from traveling to the United Kingdom and even making an attempt to receive a visa for this nation.
“Taking into account Britain’s unfriendly policy towards our country and in order to avoid financial damage and other potential problems, we advise Russian citizens to refrain if possible from traveling to Britain and obtaining visas from that country,” the ministry stated. statment.
Foreign Affairs famous that it has lately acquired quite a few complaints from citizens claiming that it’s “virtually impossible or extremely difficult” to receive visas from Great Britain.
“As long as the situation is no longer normal, we will act in the same way with the British,” he added.
According to Moscow, not solely vacationers have difficulties in acquiring visas from the UK, but additionally Russians who’ve work contracts in that nation or who need to go to their kin.
“We have raised this unacceptable situation with the British Embassy in Moscow and demanded clear explanations about the essence of the problem,” Foreign Affairs added.
The Russian diplomat described the statements of the British aspect that UK consular companies prioritize processing visa purposes for Ukrainian refugees, delaying the examination of Russian purposes, as unacceptable.
In addition, Foreign Affairs harassed, the state of affairs is aggravated by the proven fact that consular charges should be paid with a bank card on a British web site, which doesn’t settle for these issued by Russian banks due to Western sanctions in opposition to Russia for its “special military operation”. in Ukraine.
The UK authorities, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has turn out to be one in every of Ukraine’s predominant allies in its resistance to what Russia calls a “special military operation”.
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