Starting from November 23, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs begins to deprive acquired Russian citizenship of people who have not completed the oath procedure. Relevant standards, decree President of the Russian Federation on citizenship matters.
TASS Referring to the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he announced that the oath-taking period for foreign citizens who received Russian passports expired on November 22. The Ministry will invalidate the decisions to grant Russian citizenship to these people as of November 23.
At the same time, as the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated, the decision will not affect citizens who received a passport before September 1, 2017 or were exempt from the oath.
November 13, official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk reportedHe said the ministry had reduced the number of people naturalized by 44% since the beginning of this year. According to him, this is due to the recognition of new residents as citizens of the Russian Federation and the tightening of control in this area.
Previously Ministry of Internal Affairs recommended It limits the opportunities for Ukrainians to live and work in Russia.