Estonian visa cancellation has ordinary Russians worried


FILE PHOTO: People walk on the bridge over Narva river at the border crossing point with Russia in Narva, Estonia, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia this week will close its border to more than 50,000 Russians with previously issued visas, the first country in the European Union to do so, making it harder for ordinary Russians to enter EU.

Like many of the hundreds of Russians crossing the border each day at the Estonian town Narva, Anna is worried she will not be able to keep coming to Estonia, where she visits the graves of relatives.

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