The Russians are the world's leaders by the number of received Schengen visas

In 2015 Russian tourists have got Schengen visas more than the tourists from another countries of the world. At the same time the number of failures for the Russian Federation citizens in the issuance of visas was one of the most minimal - 1.3%. This was reported by European External Action Service. "In 2015 3.4 million requests for visas were filed from Russia, among them 68% for multiple entry visas. Failure rate was only 1.3%", - noted at the Service. The second best are Chinese citizens - in 2015 China's citizens sent 2.3 million requests for Schengen, while receiving failures in 2.8% of cases. Earlier, the European External Action Service cited data showing that in 2015 the number of requested Schengen visas for Russians decreased by 40%,