Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the European Union December 21, 2012 intends to continue negotiations on the abolition of visas for Russians in the countries of the Eurozone, according to RIA Novosti. Russia is in talks with the EU on amending the existing agreement on the liberalization of visa procedures to facilitate crossing the EU borders for Russian citizens and to allow certain categories of citizens to cross the border freely. Discussion step transition plan between Moscow and Brussels to visa abolition was completed in early November 2011. The list of joint steps to move towards the development of an agreement on visa-free regime was agreed at the Russia - EU summit in Brussels, which took place on 14 and 15 December 2011. At a meeting with the participants of the discussion club "Valdai" the head of state, shared: "We can not agree on visa-free regime - it's just ridiculous. And I do not even understand what our colleagues are guided, if we consider that the EU has a visa-free regime with a number of Latin American countries. There is that, unless the issue criminogenic situation is better than in Russia? Of course not, "- he said, noting also that such things hinder rapprochement between Russia and the European Union. HomesOverseas.ru
