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Estonia bars entry to Russian citizens with Estonian-issued visas (news.err.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hoping Finland will follow suit ASAP.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What would you say are the benefits of this? Surely Russians fleeing Russia are not the ones responsible for the war on Ukraine

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

it seems they have designed carve-outs for this purpose, although ymmv

Exceptions to the rule include:

Russian embassy employees and their family members working in Estonia;

Employees directly involved in the transportation of goods and passengers;

Those who have the right to freedom of movement under EU law;

People visiting close relatives;

People entering for humanitarian reasons.

personally i don't see why you need to pass a law like this but, i suppose i'm not estonian