Former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden received a Russian passport after swearing allegiance to a country that has been sheltering him from US authorities since 2013, reports The Guardian. Snowden, 39, the former intelligence officer who leaked the classified files, has been granted Russian citizenship in…
In 2020, Russia issued 409,5 thousand of its passports to Ukrainian citizens. This is stated in the migration statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the past year, writes the BBC. The document does not specify which particular region of Ukraine received more Russian passports from. But…
The “New Russian Woman” from Donbass told how and where Ukrainians from the so-called DPR and LPR receive Russian passports. A few months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree authorizing the issuance of Russian passports to residents of the separatist “DPR” and “LPR” in a special, simplified manner...
Residents of Donbass began to receive Russian passports in mid-July. According to the chief military prosecutor of Ukraine, the authorities are finding out who received citizenship and interrogating its owners. The Ukrainian authorities were able to establish the identity of the Ukrainians who received Russian passports. Some of them were summoned for interrogation ...
The decision to issue passports of citizens of the Russian Federation to residents of the Donbass territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists is due to the fact that they have “de facto become Russians.” Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova stated this at a briefing. She stated that she holds many meetings...
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signed an intergovernmental agreement on the conditions for refusing visa formalities for mutual trips of Russians and citizens of Costa Rica. RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The signing of the document was also attended by the Ambassador of Costa Rica. A similar ceremony took place on May 3 in San Jose ...
American actor Steven Seagal and boxer Roy Jones may become the faces of the anti-alcohol campaign in Russia. The corresponding proposal was sent to them by the head of the Union of Volunteers of Russia Yana Lantratova on September 11, the Day of Sobriety. In the appeal that Lantratova sent to the government, it is indicated that Sigal ...