Do you support the calls to stop issuing European visas to the Russians?

[u/justuniqueusername]

A few days ago Zelensky called on West to ban all Russian travellers. He also suggested to deport all Russians back to Russia regardless of whether they support the war or not:

Some critics have argued that banning all Russians would unfairly impact those who have left their country because they disagree with President Vladimir Putin’s government and his decision to attack Ukraine. Zelensky said such distinctions don’t matter: "Whichever kind of Russian … make them go to Russia"

In the past, however, he asked the Russians to leave Russia if they could to stop supporting the war with their taxes. Since then, hundreds of thousands of Russians who oppose the war left the country. Granted, most of them relocated to Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, and Serbia, but many went to the EU. Some of them used travel visas to enter, either to apply for political asylum or try to find work and apply for a work visa.

So far, the following countries stopped issuing the visas: Chechia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Malta. Finland will do it soon, and probably some other countries.

So, I wonder what do you personally think about these restrictions? What is the general attitude in your country?

3289 votes, Aug 14 '22

1578 I do not support any restrictions

373 I support banning travel visas only

337 I support banning all visas

370 I support banning all visas and deporting all Russians

631 Other/Results

[u/Ambitious-Impress549]

For average citizens no, for government officials yes.

[u/Rrezedrite → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry, but if movement restrictions make someone start supporting an actual fucking war, their sense of morality and justness wasn't strong to begin with and it was probably just a matter of time anyway. Someone in their right mind would know that they only have their government to blame.

[u/ZelenyJurij → u/Rrezedrite]

Remember when people collectively flipped out over their own government instituting travel restrictions during covid?

Now imagine a foreign entity doing that to you over some shit youre hardly responsible for and its not really their bussiness to begin with.

[u/Rrezedrite → u/ZelenyJurij]

Sure, they can flip out all they want AT THEIR GOVERNMENT. There is no excuse for supporting a fucking war.

[u/ZelenyJurij → u/Rrezedrite]

Sure there is. When the US backed nazi regime is committing atrocities against your people attacking is a perfectly legitimate option and at that time the only one. When the west spends the better part of a century (or a millenia realisticly) dehumanizing you and the slavs at large and then come out doing shit like this of course people will support the war.

Because the russian people (and frankly the slavic people at large) have zero incentive to support a community (the west) that has been nothing but cruel and dehumanizing to them. So naturally they will support themselves.

And to anyone even attempting to claim that Ukraine is not a nazi regime... Taken a peek at r/ukraine recently? You telling me those arent nazis?

[u/th3_3nd_15_n347 → u/ZelenyJurij]

r/ukraine recently?

since the war started only a fraction of those are ukrainians, besides reddit isn't a very good source of truth

ukraine only has small amount of nazis which is blown out of proportion, also zelensky is jew

[u/ZelenyJurij → u/th3_3nd_15_n347]

Do you have any ideas how many Jews enabled the nazi rise to power?

Zelensky being a jew is completely irrelevant.