Putinism is Contagious - Blanket Visa Bans on Russian Citizens and the Rule of Law
Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich
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Roy, Suryapratim
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2022
Verfassungsblog
2022-08-19
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As Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues, EU Member States are contemplating new sanctions, including Schengen visa bans for Russian citizens. The underlying rationale is the WWI ‘enemy alien’ logic, where all Russian civilians are enemy aliens, and must be treated with suspicion. This populist construction of an ‘enemy alien’ is antithetical to the EU’s constitutional core, which also informs its visa and migration law. The populist retributive logic, to us, is a stress-test of the rule of law in the EU. It’s good news that, outside Estonia and Latvia, it seems to be holding strong in other Member States.
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Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich
Citizenship
Rule of Law
Russia
Russian War against Ukraine
Schengen
Schengen acquis
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https://verfassungsblog.de/putinism-is-contagious/
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