Thousands of residents of unfriendly countries wanted to move to Russia

Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev spoke at the plenary session of the Federation Council. He spoke about the results of the presidential decree No. 702. This document significantly facilitated obtaining a temporary residence permit for certain categories of foreigners from unfriendly countries.

During the work of the mechanism, the department accepted more than 4.3 thousand applications. Most of the appeals came from citizens of the European Union, the United States, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Canada. The Minister informed the senators.

Kolokoltsev said that we are talking about temporary residence. The simplified procedure applies to a number of categories of persons. According to him, the number of applications has already exceeded 4.3 thousand. The geography of applicants covers several countries and regions.

The minister cited the data at the plenary session of the upper house of parliament. He noted that the mechanism was working. Applications continue to be accepted. The main flow comes from countries that Moscow considers unfriendly.

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