Looks like our government has abandoned the plan to put every russian through a security check before giving them a Visa and instead has decided to not let any Russians inside the country at all. Even those who are anti putin political refugees or journalists.. Nobody gets in anymore.
TL;DR reason is the fear of increase of Russian intelligence service involvement in our domestic affairs and attempts to create unrest in society by the new arrivals. There's also fear of domestic terrorism. Our security services are very busy apparently.
Again, if info appears in english, I'll post it.
@SandisLL for you in Latvian
https://www.apollo.lv/7578755/uz-ne...partrauc-vizu-izsniegsanu-krievijas-pilsoniem