Berlin, 1 September 2022 (dpa/MIA) - Moscow on Thursday criticized the European Union's decision to suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia over the country's war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke of a "contradictory decision" in line with what he termed "a number of other absurdities of this kind," the Russian news agency Interfax reported. An exit from the agreement that dates to 2007 would also make the situation more difficult for the Europeans, Peskov asserted without further explanation. The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced on Wednesday that the European Union would completely suspend its agreement with Russia to facilitate the issuing of visas. It makes the EU visa process for Russians more complicated, more expensive and more bureaucratic, as well as increasing waiting times for approval, but falls short of an outright ban. The move is another sanction in response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, which has been going on for more than six years. The Kremlin has left counter-measures open. Peskov said: "Moscow is confidently taking the path that best suits its interests." Meanwhile, Finland, which shares a 1,340 kilometre-long border with Russia, said it has introduced new rules to make it more difficult for Russian citizens to get a tourist visa from Thursday onwards. Since September 1, the Finnish authorities will allow only about a hundred appointments a day to Russians who want to apply for a tourist visa, instead of about a thousand per day. In contrast, according to the Finnish government, 400 appointments will be reserved on average every day for Russian citizens applying for a visa to enter Finland "for our reasons" - a reference to journalists, dissidents or activists wishing to leave Russia.