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Estonia, Finland want Europe to end Russian tourist visas

FILE - This March 17, 2020 file photo, shows incoming traffic to Finland at the Nuijamaa border station in between Finland and Russia in Lappeenranta, Finland, at time of a rare closure due to COVID-19. Estonia and Finland want European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians amid the war in Ukraine. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Tuesday that “visiting Europe is a privilege, not a human right.” Her Finnish counterpart, Sanna Marin, says Russians traveling in Europe is "not right.” (Lauri Heino/Lehtikuva via AP, File) FLE - Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, left, speaks with Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas during a round table meeting at an Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, on Dec. 15, 2021. Estonia and Finland want European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians amid the war in Ukraine. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Tuesday that “visiting Europe is a privilege, not a human right.” Her Finnish counterpart, Sanna Marin, says Russians traveling in Europe is "not right.” (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)