Finland debating stop to tourist visas for Russian citizens

Other neighbouring Schengen zone countries such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have already restricted visas

Finland is debating whether to stop issuing tourist visas to regular Russian citizens, a move that would bring it into line with its Baltic neighbours but has already prompted Moscow to threaten a very negative reaction".

Russians have long crossed their country's 1,340km- (830-mile) border with Finland to holiday, shop in border stores and travel onwards to other European destinations - and Helsinki remains the only EU member to routinely grant tourist visas.