The key facts

  • An SVO participant in Vladimir Region received Russian citizenship after his father turned to the regional ombudswoman
  • Previously, instead of a passport, he had a temporary identity document for a stateless person
  • The documents confirmed his contract and participation in the special operation; similar document cases among fighters had been reported earlier

How the citizenship issue was resolved

A participant in the special military operation who has lived in Russia since the early 1990s has received Russian citizenship. This was reported on November 10 by the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Yana Lantratova, on her Telegram channel. According to her, the serviceman's father turned to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Vladimir Region, Lyudmila Romanova, asking for help in determining his son's legal status.

What is known about the soldier's situation

The man moved to Russia in the early 1990s but until recently remained stateless: instead of a passport, he was issued a temporary identity document for a stateless person. He later signed a contract and went to the special military operation zone, but the issue of his legal status remained unresolved. Romanova took the situation under her personal control and, together with the Migration Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate for Vladimir Region, a military unit, and the military commissariat, collected documents confirming the signing of the contract and the serviceman's participation in the special operation. After that, the citizenship issue was resolved positively, and the serviceman received a passport.

Similar document cases among SVO participants

This is not the only such case: earlier, Life.ru reported on SVO participant Sergey Latypov from Tajikistan,who has lived in Russia for more than 15 years but cannot obtain a Russian passport. The serviceman was wounded and received a state award, yet due to the lack of documents he faced difficulties in establishing paternity and bringing his two sons back from an orphanage. Thus, the new report shows a confirmed change in the situation of a specific soldier: whereas previously he formally remained an apatrid even after signing the contract, the document issue is now closed. The publications do not report details — such as the processing time or the grounds for the decision.