The Kremlin on Tuesday sharply criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “irrational” call for Western countries to close their borders to Russian visitors to punish Moscow for its crackdown on Ukraine.
In an interview in Washington Post published this week, Volodymyr Zelensky believes that “the most important sanctions are to close the borders, because the Russians are in the process of seizing someone else’s territory.” Whatever their political views, Russians must “live in their own world until they change their philosophy,” he adds in this interview.
“The irrationality of such reasoning goes beyond all limits and can only provoke a negative reaction,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacted on Tuesday. “Any attempt to isolate the Russians or Russia has no chance of success … These initiatives don’t smell very good,” he added.
“Going to Europe is a privilege, not a human right”
Following Volodymyr Zelensky’s call, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on Tuesday urged European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians wishing to travel to Europe.
“Going to Europe is a privilege, not a human right… It is time to end tourism from Russia,” he said on Twitter.
In response, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev compared Kaja Kallas to a “Nazi”.
Source: BFM TV
