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State Border Service Ready To Introduce Biometric Passport-Based Visa Regime For Russians

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has expressed its readiness to introduce biometric passport-based visa regime for Russian citizens.

Head of the State Border Service press-service Oleh Slobodian has said this at a briefing, the Ukrainian News Agency reports.

He also said that since January 1, 2019, a total of 12,000 fingerprints have been recorded from foreigners who visited Ukraine, the figure includes 11,000 Russian citizens.

In 2018, a total of 500,000 Russian citizens provided their fingerprints.

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As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin calls for introduction of visa regime on the basis of biometric passport for Russian citizens.

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