The State Duma proposed depriving draft dodgers of their acquired Russian citizenship

to the State Duma . has been introduced A bill on depriving acquired Russian citizenship for evading military duty

The author of the document is Mikhail Matveev, a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. His bill is only one page long. Matveev proposes to deprive acquired citizenship not only for evading military service and mobilization, but for violating the deadlines for military registration.

“The need for all citizens, including those who have been granted citizenship of the Russian Federation, to fulfill military obligations becomes especially urgent during the period of a special military operation,” says the explanatory note to the document.

Matveev also reminds that persons who have acquired citizenship of the Russian Federation must appear at the military commissariat for military registration within two weeks.

In mid-August, the St. Petersburg police conducted a raid on the Sofia vegetable warehouse, as a result of which a hundred foreigners with Russian passports who had not registered with the military were brought to the military registration and enlistment office. a similar raid The authorities of Chuvashia also reported , but they did not specify the number of detained draft dodgers.

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the State Duma simplified the procedure for issuing citizenship to foreigners who entered into a contract with the Ministry of Defense.

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