France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal are giving out the visas in Moscow at a higher rate than they used to in 2020. Some countries are extremely dependent on tourism. Bank accounts are not an issue in the slightest

Oh, but it does matter https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/democracy-and-media/2024/0... Not in the EU, but when you have any property left in Russia.

Yeah, true... There is currently a big anti-EU/Schengen backslash in my state because we can't control entry of Russians that got the visa elsewhere. Which is a problem as we stopped giving them out because they acted as if we were the next in line for invasion.