Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania soon to ban the entry of Russian tourists

The Baltic countries have reached a decision to significantly limit border crossing for Russian citizens holding a Schengen visa, Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs announced.

According to Estonia's Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, the restriction should take effect with some notice.

"If we talk about what this time perspective is when applied rationally, we would certainly like to see it happen during the month of September, in the perspective of the next few weeks, from the second half of September," Reinsalu said.