Originally Posted by
Temedar
This sounds sooooo new..
So the EU has no concern about how much an average Bosnian or Hondurasian citizen make? (for those without access to wiki - it's roughly a third of what an average Russian earns). And I wouldn't even mention Moldova whose citizens also travel visa-free to the Schengen area.
EU might be concerned about the number of people in those countries vs. Russia. Also, visa-free does not mean automatic entry.