Russia’s EU envoy says ‘politics’ hampering visa-free travel deal | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Talks on introducing visa-free travel between Russia and the European Union are hindered by political issues, Russia’s EU envoy said on Friday.
‘We are realists and we understand that there is a certain political component to the positions of several EU member states, which affects the European Union’s readiness to introduce a visa-free regime, but we are working on this,’ Vladimir Chizhov said at a news conference in Moscow.
‘I can’t predict when our partners will be ready for a visa-free regime,’ he added.”