UMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseRussia (i-MFA) umemezele kusizindalwazi sawo esisemthethweni ukuthi abantu baseYurophu abafuna ukuya eRussia kufanele bakhokhe imali yokungenela i-visa ngokugcwele, nenqubo yokwenza isicelo se-visa elula manje isitholakala kuphela ezigabeni ezithile zabantu. Lesi sibuyekezo sithunyelwe izolo, ngoLwesibili, Disemba 26.
Umthetho oqinisekisa izinkambiso ezintsha waqala ukusebenza ngo-December 25. Manje izakhamuzi iyuniyani yase-Europe, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland kanye ne-Liechtenstein kudingeka ukuthi ukhokhe inani eligcwele lemali ye-visa lapho uthola i-visa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngenxa yokuphuthuma kanye nemvamisa yokungena, izindleko ezengeziwe zisetshenziswa enanini lokuqala.
Umthetho omusha ophoqelela imithetho ebuyekeziwe waqala ukusebenza ngo-December 25. Njengamanje, abantu abahlala e-European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Liechtenstein abafisa ukuya e-Russia, kufanele bakhiphe yonke imali ye-visa lapho bethola i-visa. Izindleko ezengeziwe zikhokhiswa ngokusekelwe ekuphuthumeni kanye nemvamisa yokungena, ngaphezu kwenkokhelo yokuqala.
Ngokusho the UMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseRussia, emele uHulumeni Wenhlangano YaseRussia, kwenziwe isenzo esisha sokulawula ngokuphendula isinqumo soMkhandlu we-EU owawufuna ukumiswa ngokuphelele kwesivumelwano phakathi kweRussian Federation kanye ne-European Community, okuhloswe ngayo ukwenza lula inqubo yokukhishwa kwe-visa. izakhamizi zaseRussia kanye ne-European Union.
NgoSepthemba, i-European Union iqalise ukumiswa ngokuphelele kwelungiselelo le-visa elenziwe lula neRussia. Ngakho-ke, izakhamizi zaseRussia manje zizokhokha imali engu-€80 yama-visa azo, kanye nemfuneko yokwengeza imibhalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isikhathi sokucubungula izicelo ze-visa sizonwetshwa.
I-European Union yabeka imingcele yokuhamba kubantu baseRussia ngenxa yempi enonya nengenazihibe yaseRussia eyaqalwa izwe elingumakhelwane i-Ukraine ngoFebhuwari 24, 2022.
Izikhulu zaseRussia zacacisa ukuthi amaqembu athile abantu ayesafanelekela inqubo eyenziwe lula yokuthola i-visa yaseRussia. Lokhu kuhlanganisa abanikazi bamabhizinisi, abantu abenza imisebenzi yesayensi, amasiko, nezemidlalo, izingane zesikole, abafundi, abafundi abaneziqu, nabanye abayojabulela izimo ezivumayo lapho bevakashela eRussian Federation.
