The number of foreigners who took part in the war in Ukraine and received Russian citizenship was announced
The official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk, announced the number of foreigners who took part in the war in Ukraine and received Russian citizenship.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the number of foreigners who took part in the war in Ukraine and received Russian citizenship, writes Lenta.ru.
According to the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk, during this time, 3,344 foreign participants in the war in Ukraine received Russian citizenship.
Earlier, at the end of October, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, announced that since the beginning of 2024, 1,200 people have been deprived of Russian citizenship. Most of them are new citizens who refused to participate in the war in Ukraine.
At the end of June, the chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, announced that about 10,000 immigrants who received Russian citizenship took part in a special military operation (Azon Global, as the Russian government calls its war in Ukraine).
In January, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on simplifying the procedure for obtaining Russian passports for foreigners who participated in the war in Ukraine.
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