When I first read this, I felt, "yeah, fuck those guys" But thinking more about it, the elite Russians with actual power already have residency or citizenship in EU. Spies can enter EU without the tourist visa. This might end up just impacting the anti-Z Russians.

Should have been suspended ever since the poisoning of litvinenko.

How about we arrest the Russian oligarchs’ children

As someone with several close Russian friends, on of whom just had a baby, doing this would suck, a lot.

Most already can't go to Russia themselves, this would cut them off from their families completely.

Well given the last time a bunch of obnoxious Russian tourists showed up in Finland, their attitude is wholly understandable.

That’s kinda really bad… maybe disallow tourist visas but still allow asylum seekers/emigrators. (Both use first visas as an excuse to leave russia)

Ah yeah, it will save so many lives and stop the war within 24 hours. I can't even begin to describe how idiotic this is

Yep that's a massive security hole.

Even if the EU countries would agree, this does not seem realistic to me, when considering countries like Switzerland. They are located in the middle of the EU and the popular right wing people’s party of Switzerland is supposed to have ties to Russia. Borders to neighbouring countries have several points that are hardly controlled, especially to France.

Source: living next to the border and travelling frequently to neighbouring countries each year by car.