Frontex: Nearly 1 million Russians arrived in EU since February 24

Since the start of hostilities by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, according to preliminary data, almost one million Russians have entered the territory of the European Union, reported from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex.

According to Frontex, from February 24 to August 22 this year, 998,085 Russian citizens crossed the EU borders.

At the same time, more and more European countries began to restrict the issuance of Schengen visas for Russians.

Similar bans were introduced in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. Finland also plans to join these states from September. Poland is also going to introduce similar restrictions on Russian citizens.

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