OREANDA-NEWSEstonian Interior Minister Igor Taro opposed the issuance of tourist visas to Russian citizens by European countries, according to him, Russians should not be allowed to "relax and shop" in Europe.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly called the European Union's tightening of the rules for issuing Schengen visas to Russians discrimination based on nationality and an example of Brussels' hypocrisy.

"The increase in the issuance of tourist visas to Russian citizens in the current situation is completely unacceptable," the ERR television and radio company quotes the words of the Estonian Interior Minister, known for his Russophobic position.