The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday overrode President Gitanas Nausėda’s veto and gave its final approval for imposing different sanctions on Russian and Belarusian citizens over the war in Ukraine.
Ninety-nine MPs voted in favour of adopting the law without the president’s proposed amendments, seven voted against the motion and two abstained.
The final Law on Restrictive Measures in Response to Military Aggression against Ukraine restricts the issuance of Lithuanian visas and e-resident status to Russian and Belarusian citizens, and bans them from bringing Ukrainian hryvnias into Lithuania. The restrictions will be in place from May 2 until May 3, 2024.
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Russian citizens will face additional difficulties in entering Lithuania and acquiring real estate, and the acceptance of their applications for residence permits in Lithuania will be temporarily suspended.
The government tabled the bill to transpose into law the restrictions on the issuance of visas to Russian and Belarusian citizens and on the admission of Russian citizens, which are currently applied based on the parliament’s resolution for the state of emergency in areas along the border with Russia and Belarus.
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