Ukraine to cancel visa-free regime with Europe soon

According to him, ?law enforcement bodies complain that they catch ?a criminal element? each quarter because Europeans come to us without visas.? ?Upon coming to Ukraine, a foreigner shows a passport at the border ? ten seconds ? and he is gone. Later one finds out in the database that he should not have been let in. As a result, he is searched for all over Ukraine, but, since he has come in without a visa, he is not on the database,? the president?s representative added. He understands at the same time that such actions ?will prod Europeans to cancel visa-free regimes for Ukrainian citizens?. In turn, speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Vladimir Litvin deems it expedient to impose payment for the entry in Ukraine at border passage points on citizens of countries, including the European Union, issuing payment visas for Ukrainians. Speaking in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station, he said: ?Ukraine has introduced a visa-free regime and gets nothing from this. I suggested lawyers draft a proposal on imposing at border passage points not a visa regime, but payment for the entry.? Litvin noted at the same time that the payment entry should be not only for EU residents, but also for the countries, taxing an appropriate payment for visas from Ukrainians. According to the speaker, the imposing of payment for the entry would resolve financial problems of maintenance of Ukrainian embassies abroad, Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.