Tweet
VASILI ISTRATOV: "RUSSIAN PASSPORTS WERE ISSUED TO SOUTH OSSETIAN RESIDENTS BASED ON RUSSIAN LEGISLATION"
Today.Az
13 August 2008
Azerbaijan
80% residents of South Ossetia are Russian citizens and Russian
citizenship was issued to them on the basis of Russia's legislation,
said Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov, speaking on
the international legal basis of issuance of the Russian citizenship
to South Ossetian residents.
He said the legislation of Russia have allowed to issue Russian
citizenship to persons, who reside in the territories of former Soviet
Republics, for many years.
Istratov noted that a greater part of Azerbaijani residents also
received this citizenship on the basis of this law.
He noted at the same time that there are also Russian citizens in
Nagorno Karabakh but it is impossible to speak of their exact number.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Today.Az
13 August 2008
Azerbaijan
80% residents of South Ossetia are Russian citizens and Russian
citizenship was issued to them on the basis of Russia's legislation,
said Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov, speaking on
the international legal basis of issuance of the Russian citizenship
to South Ossetian residents.
He said the legislation of Russia have allowed to issue Russian
citizenship to persons, who reside in the territories of former Soviet
Republics, for many years.
Istratov noted that a greater part of Azerbaijani residents also
received this citizenship on the basis of this law.
He noted at the same time that there are also Russian citizens in
Nagorno Karabakh but it is impossible to speak of their exact number.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress