SWEDEN EXPOSES EU HYPOCRISY: Forssell SAYS Russian Visas Rose Despite War, Demands Crackdown!

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Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell criticized the rise in Russian Schengen visa applications ahead of a meeting of EU home affairs ministers in Luxembourg, saying it was "totally unreasonable that five years into this conflict... the number of Russian Schengen visas has actually increased" and calling it "totally unacceptable that so many Russian tourists are enjoying luxury shopping weekends in the capitals of Europe, while our Ukrainian friends are dying in shelters back home in Ukraine." Forssell argued tighter visa rules were "a matter of national security," citing unspecified incidents involving Russian nationals in Europe, and welcomed the European Commission's confirmation that it would present new legislation on Russian visa policy. European Commission figures show 679,000 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged in Russia in 2025, an increase on the previous year though still well below pre-2022 levels, as Sweden continues leading a group of EU and Schengen cou

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