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PUTIN GRANTS RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP TO 35 UKRAINIANS
(c) Sputnik/ Alexei Druzhinin
RUSSIA
16:49 09.03.2015(updated 17:27 09.03.2015)
The Russian president resolves issues surrounding Russian citizenship
and granting political asylum in accordance with the country's
constitution.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin granted
citizenship to 35 Ukrainian nationals, according to a document
published on Russia's official website for legal information on Monday.
(c) SPUTNIK/ EVGENY KOTENKO Thousands of Ukrainians Escape From
Mobilization by Obtaining Hungarian Citizenship Armenian, Belgian,
Afghani, Moldovan, German, Vietnamese and Turkmenistan nationals were
among those admitted to the Russian citizenship as well.
In late January, the Russian Federal Migration Service increased the
90-day residence term for Ukrainians on a Putin initiative. Earlier,
the president said that many Ukrainians leave for Russia to dodge being
drafted into the army and avoid being sent to the conflict zone as
"cannon fodder."
By early February, some 500,000 Ukrainians received refugee status
or temporary residence permits in Russia, according to the Russian
Security Council.
The Ukrainian government decided to conduct three waves of mobilization
expected to bring the number of troops in the Kiev army to over 140,000
people in 2015. The troops will participate in the military operation
in eastern Ukraine launched against independence supporters of the
Donbas region in April 2014.
Read more:
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150309/1019258553.html#ixzz3TtnUuQny
From: A. Papazian
(c) Sputnik/ Alexei Druzhinin
RUSSIA
16:49 09.03.2015(updated 17:27 09.03.2015)
The Russian president resolves issues surrounding Russian citizenship
and granting political asylum in accordance with the country's
constitution.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin granted
citizenship to 35 Ukrainian nationals, according to a document
published on Russia's official website for legal information on Monday.
(c) SPUTNIK/ EVGENY KOTENKO Thousands of Ukrainians Escape From
Mobilization by Obtaining Hungarian Citizenship Armenian, Belgian,
Afghani, Moldovan, German, Vietnamese and Turkmenistan nationals were
among those admitted to the Russian citizenship as well.
In late January, the Russian Federal Migration Service increased the
90-day residence term for Ukrainians on a Putin initiative. Earlier,
the president said that many Ukrainians leave for Russia to dodge being
drafted into the army and avoid being sent to the conflict zone as
"cannon fodder."
By early February, some 500,000 Ukrainians received refugee status
or temporary residence permits in Russia, according to the Russian
Security Council.
The Ukrainian government decided to conduct three waves of mobilization
expected to bring the number of troops in the Kiev army to over 140,000
people in 2015. The troops will participate in the military operation
in eastern Ukraine launched against independence supporters of the
Donbas region in April 2014.
Read more:
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150309/1019258553.html#ixzz3TtnUuQny
From: A. Papazian