Swedish minister: EU may stop issuing visas to Russian tourists

Swedish Integration and Migration Minister Anders Ygeman has said that the European Union (EU) may stop issuing visas to Russian tourists.

"It is necessary to seriously think whether it is worth expanding the package of sanctions against Russia and changing the EU visa regime," Sweden's TT agency quotes Ygeman as saying.

"We can discuss this issue in the corresponding working groups and then, perhaps, at a ministerial meeting, then we will see what we can do," the minister said.

He added that the cessation of all exchanges with the Russian Federation could lead to negative consequences.