The Russian consulate in Lithuania refused to issue a foreign passport to the wife of someone accused of “fakes” about the army. The former coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters also received a refusal

The Russian Consulate in Lithuania refused to issue a new foreign passport to Russian woman Kristina Zavyalova, whose husband was put on the wanted list in Russia in the case of spreading “fake news” about the Armed Forces. Zavyalova herself told the publication “Verstka” about this.

The woman has a residence permit in Lithuania. Her current Russian passport expires in July 2023. In December 2022, she applied for a new one, but by January 30, 2023, the status of her application in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Biopassport mobile application changed to “rejected.”

“The [consular department] of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received a refusal to issue you a foreign passport in connection with a letter from the [Department of the Federal Bailiff Service] of Russia for the Smolensk region,” Nest quotes the response of the Russian diplomatic mission in Lithuania.

At the same time, as the publication notes, the Russian authorities agreed to issue a foreign passport to Zavyalova’s minor son.

The Zavyalov family left Russia in October 2022. This happened shortly before the announcement of the verdict for Christina’s husband Vladimir, who was accused of “faking” about the Russian army due to posting anti-war price tags. During the investigation, he was under house arrest and, as he himself told Vestka, he decided to leave Russia after the prosecutor requested six years in prison for him. After his departure, Zavyalov was put on the wanted list, and the trial in his case was suspended.

On January 30, the telegram channel of Navalny’s team “Siren” spoke about the refusal of the Russian Embassy in Lithuania to issue a foreign passport to the former coordinator of Navalny’s Yaroslavl headquarters, Elena Lekiashvili, due to an unpaid fine for participating in the rally on January 23, 2021 .

In addition, last week “Sirena” reported that the Russian Embassy in Canada refused to admit Russian woman Elena Pushkareva because she subscribed to the “Force of Good Ottawa and Winnipeg for a Beautiful Russia of the Future” group on Facebook.

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