Russians and Belarussians with dual-citizenship to be prevented from receiving Czech visas

The Czech government approved a change to legislation on Wednesday that will prevent Russians and Belarusians who also possess another citizenship from receiving Czech visas, the press office of the Office of Government informs.

The government already decided to halt the issuing to Russian and later Belarussian citizens last year, with the exception of humanitarian cases. The validity of this order is being extended until March of next year.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has proposed expanding visa exceptions to Ukrainian citizens, to include the possibility for these national to receive a visa for reasons of connecting families, scientific research and study.