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The former ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation, Michael McFaul, said on a social network that Russians do not have the right to “rest in the free world.”
According to the American diplomat, at the present time it is a privilege. At the same time, the former US ambassador called for encouraging Russian citizens who want to leave the country and “trying to fight for freedom and human rights in Russia from abroad.”
On the eve of the former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul made a proposal to introduce a special tax for Russians who want to enter Western countries. The funds received from these special taxes or fees should be subsequently transferred to the Reconstruction Fund of Ukraine, the diplomat noted.
Earlier it became known that the European Union is discussing a new package of anti-Russian restrictive measures, including a ban on issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens. This initiative was made by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.