Ngokwemithombo eminingi yezindaba yaseRussia, uhulumeni waseRussia uhlela ukwenyuswa okukhulu kwemali ye-visa yezivakashi ezivela kuwo wonke amazwe angama-27 angamalungu e-European Union, i-Iceland, i-Liechtenstein, iNorway neSwitzerland. Umnyakazo waseRussia ngokusobala uwukuziphindiselela EU kanye nokuhoxa kwamazwe angewona awe-EU ezivumelwaneni zokuhamba ne-Russian Federation, ngemva kokuba yethule impi egcwele engaphekiwe yobudlova ngokumelene ne-Ukraine engumakhelwane.
Wonke amazwe asohlwini olusha asevele eqokwe 'izifunda ezingenabungane' ngumbuso kaPutin ngokufaka unswinyo nokwenza 'imisebenzi emelene neRussia'.
Ukukhushulwa kwemali ye-visa kwahlongozwa ekuqaleni ngabakwa- UMnyango Wezangaphandle weRussian Federation futhi isivele yamukelwe ikhomishana kahulumeni.
Ngaphansi kohlelo olusha, imali ye-visa yezivakashi ezivela emazweni aseYurophu asohlwini lwesiphakamiso izokhuphuka isuka ku-$37-$73 (€35-€70) iye ku-$50-$300 (€48-€286), kuye ngohlobo lwe imvume yokungena iceliwe.
Ngokusho koMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseRussia, uhlelo olusha luzoyivumela ukuthi iphinde iphinde kabili imali engenayo ngokukhipha izimvume zokungena ezivakashini zaseYurophu.
Futhi, uhlelo lokuyeka i-visa yaseRussia ngeke lusahlanganisa izigaba ezimbalwa zezivakashi ezivela kulawa mazwe, ngaphansi komthethonqubo omusha. Lokhu kuhlanganisa izihlobo eziseduze zezakhamuzi zaseRussia, izikhulu, abafundi, abasubathi, abantu abahileleke emisebenzini yesayensi namasiko, nalabo abavakashela eRussia ngenxa yezizathu zobuntu ezifana nokwelashwa noma ukuya emngcwabeni.
UMnyango Wezangaphandle uthe nokho izivakashi ezivela emazweni aseYurophu ezisohlwini olusha zisazofaneleka ukuthola ama-visa kagesi (ama-e-visa), aqalwe yiRussia ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule.
Inqubo yokufaka isicelo se-e-visa ithatha izinsuku ezine futhi ihlanganisa ukusebenzisa iwebhusayithi ezinikele noma uhlelo lokusebenza lweselula. Kubiza cishe u-$52 (€50) futhi kuvumela abantu bangaphandle ukuthi bahlale eRussian Federation cishe amasonto amabili njengesivakashi, isivakashi, noma isivakashi sebhizinisi.
