Russians were temporarily left without Italian visas
The Russians, at least for a while, were left without Italian visas: the VMS and AlmavivA visa centers stopped accepting documents the day before. VMS offices operate in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk, AlmavivA - in Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, Kazan and Samara. The message of the latter states that only those who have paid the consular fee in advance and have a paper receipt can submit documents.