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The more time Russian holiday-makers spend in Santorini, Ibiza or less fancy places, the more they will be exposed to the real story

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Give Russians more visas — not fewer

At Helsinki airport, there is a screen showing news about the war in Ukraine — in Russian.

A lot of Russians see this, as Finland is currently issuing 1,000 visas per day to Russian citizens. This means that a thousand citizens have a chance to escape Russian state propaganda about the war — fabricated, increasingly hysterical stories about Nato "encircling" Russia, the massacre in Bucha allegedly staged by Ukrainians, or Japan planning to attack Russia — and finally discover what atro...

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Caroline de Gruyter is a correspondent and columnist for NRC Handelsblad, Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a column in De Standaard.

The more time Russian holiday-makers spend in Santorini, Ibiza or less fancy places, the more they will be exposed to the real story

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Caroline de Gruyter is a correspondent and columnist for NRC Handelsblad, Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a column in De Standaard.

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