EU wants visa-free relations with Russia because of problems in the North Caucasus

He noted that even if Russia unilaterally abolish visas for EU citizens, the EU will not go to a meeting and not to abolish visas for Russians. Guy Trouveroy clarified that the reason for disinterest EU – challenges in the North Caucasus. In Europe, the fear of a large flow of refugees from troubled regions of Russia. The ambassador noted that the EU and has so many problems with migrants. As an example, he cited the situation of refugees from North Africa to Italy. According to him, the abolition of visas more interested in Russia and the EU we can only go on visa facilitation, which will be of a procedural nature. In this case, Guy Trouveroy said that even the process of introducing such changes could be delayed because the EU is not interested in them. Recall, a spokesman for Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov reported earlier that Russia in the visa issue is ready to go so far as to how far the European Union is ready to go. He noted that Russia is losing tourists and the money they bring. "We're talking about the modernization of our cooperation, we are talking about giving a new dimension to bilateral relations between the EU and Russia. But at the same time, we can remove the foot from the brake pedal. Visa strongly inhibit the interaction between businessmen, students, artists and other citizens ", – said the spokesman. The prime minister, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia's European partners are increasingly raised questions about the importance of the transition to a visa-free travel regime between the citizens of Russia and the EU. December 7, 2010 Russia and the EU managed to achieve some progress in the talks on visa-free regime. Then, at the conference after Russia-EU summit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that "the visa should not be, but you must respect the interests of the European Union, not to harm its stability. December 3, Medvedev said Russia and the European Union are hoping for the World Cup in 2018 to reach agreements on abolition of visa regime. In January 2011, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia expects this year to close the question of visa-free regime with the EU.