According to Ponomaryov, the visa regime liberalization between the European Union and Russia would be highly beneficial as Russians could then see that people in European democracies live better than they do.
Inimõiguslase sõnul oleks abi ka viisarežiimi lihtsustamisest Euroopa ja Venemaa vahel, sest siis näeksid Venemaa kodanikud oma silmaga, et demokraatlikes riikides elavad inimesed paremini.