Russia massively revoking citizenship of military service evaders

Since 2023, Russian authorities have revoked the citizenship of 2,875 individuals due to criminal convictions and failure to register for military service, a spokesperson for the Russian Interior Ministry has said.

Irina Volk, quoting the ministry’s migration service on her Telegram channel, stated that these decisions have been made under the Federal Law "On Citizenship of the Russian Federation," which came into effect on April 28, 2023, Caliber.Az reports.

“The main reasons for these decisions regarding naturalised Russian citizens are the enforcement of court rulings holding them criminally liable for various offences and failure to fulfil the obligation of initial military registration,” Volk said.

By Khagan Isayev