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SVO participant who lived in Russia since the 1990s without citizenship helped to obtain a passport

In Vladimir Region, a participant in the special military operation who arrived in Russia in the early 1990s and remained stateless has received Russian citizenship. His father turned to ombudswoman Lyudmila Romanova; documents were collected by the Migration Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate, a military unit, and the military commissariat. A similar case was previously reported by Life.ru — a fighter from Tajikistan was unable to obtain a passport for more than 15 years.

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American political scientist John Varoli asked the Russian Foreign Ministry to help him obtain Russian citizenship

US political scientist John Varoli, speaking at a dialogue on a multipolar world, said he wants to obtain Russian citizenship and asked the Russian Foreign Ministry for assistance. He said he lived in Russia in the 1990s and 2000s, worked for Bloomberg, Reuters, and The New York Times, and that after his statements about Donbas he faces up to 20 years in prison in the United States.

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