The government says that they are imposing sanctions against the state leadership, but not the citizens.
Australia will not ban entry to the country for Russian tourists as part of sanctions against Russia due to the war in Ukraine, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday. tourists, Marles said the sanctions are aimed at the Russian government “and not at the Russians themselves.”
“That's not something we're looking at right now,” he told ABC. >The minister also avoided a direct answer to a question about whether Australia would provide Ukraine with more Bushmaster armored vehicles and other protected vehicles.
“We will be looking at how we can provide ongoing support,” Marles said, calling Australia “one of the largest states that provide military support to Ukraine outside of NATO”.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Australia has imposed sanctions against hundreds of Russian individuals and legal entities of them, including most representatives of the Russian banking sector and all organizations responsible for the country's sovereign debt.
Read also: Switzerland, following the EU, decided to suspend the visa facilitation agreement with the Russian Federation
As a reminder, the European Commission has approved a proposal for the complete suspension of the visa facilitation agreement with Russia from September 12.
Thus, the visa fee has increased from 35 to 80 euros, and the processing period has increased to six months The number of long-term and multiple-entry visas will be greatly reduced, they may stop being issued altogether.
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At the same time, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed on a significant restriction of border crossing by citizens of the Russian Federation who have Schengen visas. The restrictions will come into effect on September 19.
