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EU Suspends Visa Agreement With Russia
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1:09Now PlayingThe European Union announced Wednesday it would be suspending its visa facilitation agreement with Russia because of the conflict in Ukraine.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made the announcement during a new conference with Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský in Prague.
Borrell said there had been a "substantial increase" in border crossings from Russia into the EU since July, and that many Russians were "travelling for leisure and shopping as if no war was raging in Ukraine".
"We agreed that something has to be done," he said, before announcing a suspension of the visa agreement.
The EU's top diplomat said this meant visa processing will take longer and the number of new visas will be substantially reduced.
Borrell also accused Russia of "gambling" with the safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants "especially in Zaporizhzhia.
It comes as a team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward the Zaporizhzhia plant on a long-sought mission to help secure the site and reduce the risk of a catastrophe from the fighting raging around it.
Underscoring the danger, Kyiv and Moscow again accused each other of shelling the area around the complex, the biggest nuclear plant in Europe.
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