Belgium 'abolished'

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Originally Posted by Asick

currently it is the worst period for exUSSR people travelling to West from time to time, because East Europe has not joined Schengen area still (by the way, when will these countries join it?), so for example it's not enough to have just a German visa in a Russian passport to cross Baltic states going there.

It's the same for us "westerners" if we want to travel around CIS countries, we need a different VISA for every country, making the journey very expensive and complicated. Of course there are not so many crazy people like me which like to go on holiday in CIS countries so the problem is less important than the opposite! BTW, I fear won't come to St.Petersburg this time as well... at the travel agency they told me to book after Christmas, but now that damned Lufthansa has cancelled that great offer for flying to Russia