The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the idea of banning all Russian citizens from entering the EU countries is a manifestation of Nazi policy, Sputnik reports.
He stated this at the plenary session of the First International Anti-Fascist Congress
“Today we are witnessing another vivid manifestation of Nazi policy, when the Russophobic idea is actively promoted from the high European stands to ban all Russian citizens from entering the EU countries,” he said.
Shoigu also stressed that the fundamental principles of the world order, the legal and political assessments of the Nuremberg Tribunal are increasingly being ignored and revised by individual countries, especially the Baltic countries.
“In Estonia and Latvia, marches of SS legionnaires have become traditional, monuments and obelisks are being erected to war criminals.
Nazi slogans and appeals are openly heard on the streets of Lithuanian cities,” he said.
At an informal meeting in Prague on August 31, the foreign ministers of the EU countries are to discuss the possibility of changing the Schengen visa code to reduce the issuance of visas to Russians.
