France issued 23% more visas to Russians as EU rules tightened
EU governments issued more than 620,000 Schengen visas to Russian citizens in 2025, a 10.2% jump over the previous year, with France leading both in volume and in growth, Ukrainska Pravda reported on 7 May, citing Euractiv’s review of confidential European Commission data and EU diplomats. The data exposes a six-month gapContinue Reading











