Russia has slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's proposal to ban all Russian travelers from going to the West, saying the measure would be unfeasible and counterproductive.In a Washington Post interview published Monday, Zelenskycalled on Western countries to shut their borders to all Russian nationals regardless of their stance on their countrys invasion of Ukraine ahead of anticipated referendums that could see captured Ukrainian territoriesjoin Russia.Anti-war Russiansslammed Zelenskys proposal,warningit could backfire and consolidate Putins support base.The Kremlin also criticized the Ukrainian leaders calls as off-the-charts irrationality.Any attempts to isolate Russians or Russia is a process that has no prospects, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday, warning that Zelensky could sooner or later begin losing support in Europe.In his latest inflammatory comments, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev comparedZelensky to Adolf Hitler.The chief clown of Ukraine suggested holding the whole population of Russia responsible, Medvedev wrote in an English-language tweet Tuesday.It was Adolf Hitler who last tried to apply such ideas to a people as a whole.
Any questions remaining about the Ukrainian regimes nature? Medvedev said.The United States government has threatened additional sanctions on Russia if the planned referendums in Ukraine's Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions which it describes as sham votes are carried out.Leaders of European countries sharing land borders with Russia have stepped up their own calls for EU governments to stop issuing visas to Russians in recent days.The Kremlin has repeatedly claimed that it invaded Ukraine to defend itself from fascists which it baselessly says have taken over pro-Western Kyiv's government, despite Zelenskys Jewish heritage.