Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation, suggested that Russian passports be issued to citizens of the Russian Federation in foreign missions. She said this in an interview DEA News.
Moskalkova emphasized that now, according to Russian law, if a person needs to permanently reside abroad and obtain a passport, then he must come to Russia and draw up a document.
“Of course this is difficult for people. First, logistics is broken today. Second, it is very expensive. We applied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior to evaluate the issue directly at our consulates and to give them the opportunity to obtain a passport,” he said.
formerly known as Moscow contributed Amendments in the State Duma to the law “On Citizenship”, which provides that, regardless of the place of birth of the child, if one of the parents of the child has Russian citizenship on the day of the child’s birth, the child can be granted Russian citizenship by birth.
Prior to this, the Swiss government announced its refusal. to accept Russian international passports issued to residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as Abkhazia and South Ossetia.