The head of the Leningrad region withdrew the proposal to recognize foreign QR codes

The HEAD of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, withdrew the proposal to recognize foreign tourist QR codes for trips to the museum and restaurants in the region, after Rospotrebnadzor did not agree on it. He said this in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“As a sovereign, I am obliged to adhere to the norms and rules of Rospotrebnadzor. Rospotrebnadzor responded to my proposal, they said that they did not agree on this, so I withdrew my decision. I couldn't have done otherwise," he said.

At the same time, Drozdenko noted that there are foreign tourists in the region, but the number of tourists has decreased due to the pandemic. “Oddly enough, we have foreign tourists. I'm not ready to say how they get to us. Of course, they legally fall, but I don’t stand on the border. We even see cars with Finnish license plates in the Leningrad region, in Vyborg. There is a flow of tourists, but this, of course, is not the flow that was," he said.

On November 1, the administration of the Leningrad Region announced that museums and theaters in the region would be open to visitors vaccinated with imported drugs. “The issue was agreed today by Alexander Drozdenko and the chief sanitary DOCTOR for the Leningrad region Olga Istorik at a weekly operational meeting,” the message said.