Activists of pro-Kremlin Nashi movement of youth are picketing the Moscow office of European Commission.
Photo: Grigory Sobchenko
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Nashi Picket for Schengen Visas
Activists of pro-Kremlin Nashi movement of youth are picketing the Moscow office of European Commission, Echo Moskvy reported. The activists protest against refusal to grant Schengen visas to some of them “with no reasons given.”
The pro-Kremlin activists blame the refusal on Estonia that joined the Schengen zone early in 2008 and provided its lists of persona non grata to other member states. Some Nashis are in those lists, of course. They were added there for protesting against moving the Monument to Soviet Soldier from downtown Tallinn.
Mariana Skvortsova was refused Finnish visa January 8. Another activist, Konstantin Goloskokov is in a prison in Lithuania, facing the sentence of up to two years. Unable to get a visa to Estonia, Goloskokov attempted to reach Tallinn illegally, via the neighboring states, but was detained en route.
In the next move, Nashi said, they would launch “a campaign to restore the rights of dozens of young Russians,” who could fall victims to “the legal outrage” of united Europe.
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