Putin does not hold back! Signs the latest decree and gives the immediate order, a strong blow to the countries declared "unfriendly", among them Albania

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree imposing visa restrictions on citizens of countries that Moscow considers "unfriendly" in response to sanctions on Ukraine.

The decree, which takes effect on Monday, suspends Russia's simplified visa regime with several European Union countries, as well as Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland. Our country is also on this list.

He also ordered the Russian Foreign Ministry and other bodies to decide whether to impose personal entry restrictions on "foreign nationals and stateless persons who carry out hostile acts against Russia, its citizens or its legal entities."

Last month the Russian government approved a list of unfriendly countries, including the United States, Canada, Britain, EU countries and Ukraine, among others.

Russia sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine on February 24 in what it called a special operation to degrade its southern neighbor's military capabilities and to uproot the people it called dangerous nationalists.

Ukrainian forces have mounted fierce resistance, and the West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in a bid to force it to withdraw its forces.