Sri Lanka stops issuing free long-term visas to Russian and Ukrainian nationals

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Sri Lanka on Thursday announced it would stop issuing free long-term visas to Russian and Ukrainian nationals who have been on the island for the past two years to escape Vladimir Putin‘s war in Ukraine.

The Russian and Ukrainian nationals willing to extend their stay in the Indian Ocean island nation would have to pay $50 (£39) for a 30-day visa, public security minister Tiran Alles said.

“Whoever…