Seven natives of Transcaucasia and Central Asia stripped of Russian citizenship

Russian citizenship was deprived of seven immigrants from Central Asia and Transcaucasia, whose actions, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB), posed a threat to the national security of the country. The decision was made jointly with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), the press service of the FSB told RBC.

“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation ... terminated the citizenship of the Russian Federation to seven immigrants from the Central Asian region and Transcaucasia, who created a threat to Russia’s national security,” the report said.

In the Trans-Baikal Territory, a man who called for confrontation with law enforcement agencies and refusal to fulfill their legal requirements was deprived of citizenship. In addition, according to the FSB, he spread among immigrants from neighboring countries a negative attitude to military service in Russia.

A resident of the Tambov region, in respect of whom Russian citizenship was also terminated, was in the regional diaspora and advocated the use of force to defend the interests of labor migrants in conflicts with local residents. The FSB also noted his commitment to nationalist and extremist ideas.

As a result, the court found the man guilty of hooliganism (part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code), intentional infliction of grave harm to health (p. "a" part 3 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code) and illegal trafficking in weapons (p. "a" part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code). He is currently serving his sentence in a strict regime colony.

Two residents of Khakassia, deprived of Russian citizenship, were accused of spreading nationalist remarks about ethnic Russians. They instilled hatred towards them in their underage children and prohibited them from speaking Russian in educational institutions.

A resident of the Tver region was deprived of citizenship due to involvement in economic crimes using bank cards of minor Russians obtained by criminal means. Proceedings are already under way.

In the Ivanovo region, citizenship was deprived of a man who, according to the FSB, provoked a mass fight between immigrants from Central Asia and local residents. In the Perm region, a similar decision was made against a man who spread ideas of ethnic superiority and called on members of the diaspora to confront law enforcement agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in April 2023 signed a law that allows you to terminate acquired Russian citizenship for committing actions that create a “threat to the national security of the country.”.

Among the grounds for deprivation of citizenship, the law provides for the commission of crimes under more than 60 articles of the Criminal Code. Among them are the public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Russian army, its public discrediting, as well as crimes related to extremist and terrorist activities.