Belarusian said to have had tourist visa issued by Italy is investigated over alleged attempt to attack Leipzig airport

Belarusian said to have had tourist visa issued by Italy is investigated over alleged attempt to attack Leipzig airport

Germany is urging its European partners to introduce tighter limitations on Russian citizens entering the EU on tourist visas, after recent sabotage attacks which Berlin has blamed on Moscow.

German authorities are investigating a Belarusian national, who also holds a Russian passport, over the alleged attempt to attack Leipzig airport using drones and explosives.

The man is alleged to have entered the Schengen area on a tourist visa issued by the Italian embassy in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Security sources said he did not appear to have ever travelled through Italy.

Germany’s foreign ministry has complained that too many visas were being issued to Russians.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    EU is fumbling response to this war from day 1. Always responding in the most calculated, spineless way. After 4 years they still didn’t issue any meaningful red lines. Just look at this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lines_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war

    NATO only announced two red lines with any consequences: “No murder and abduction of children” and “Not to interfere with civilian ships belonging to NATO countries in the Black Sea”. Both crossed by 2023. That’s it.

    For fuck sake. Announce that any terrorist attack on infrastructure inside EU will mean immediate cancellation of all tourist visas for Russian citizens. Let Putin cross it. Why it’s so hard for them to agree on things like that? I mean, I know why. Most of them don’t give a shit and the rest supports Putin.