  24,000 Armenian citizens received Russian passports in 2019 January 23, 2020 - 12:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As many as 24,000 Armenian citizens received Russian passports in 2019, the Russian Interior Ministry reveals. In 2018, 27,100 Armenian citizens were granted Russian citizenship, and 25,144 in 2017. A simplified procedure for citizenship of Russian-speaking people were introduced in Russia in 2014. In all, about 498,000 people, including 2,500 Georgian and 13,500 Azerbaijani citizens, received Russian citizenship—up 80%—throughout the previous year. The vast majority of them were Ukrainians. Although Ukraine does not have a dual citizenship law with Russia, Moscow still issues Russian passports to Ukrainians without requiring them to renounce Ukrainian citizenship. Ukrainians were followed by Kazakh citizens (50,500 citizens), Tajik citizens (45,000), and Armenians.   Top stories The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Armenia has registered Covid-19-related deaths in 23 vaccinated individuals so far, according to Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan. Poland has donated 201,640 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Armenia's Health Ministry, the Polish Embassy in Yerevan reveals.   Partner news |  Latest news Azerbaijan detains former Karabakh Foreign Minister  Former Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Minister Davit Babayan has been detained by Azerbaijan.UN confirms mission will travel to Karabakh this weekend U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric confirmed that a U.N. mission would travel to Nagorno-Karabakh this weekend.Global humanitarian leaders call for Ruben Vardanyan’s release The recent arrest by the government of Azerbaijan of Ruben Vardanyan is both outrageous and politically motivated.Armenia files discrimination lawsuit against Azerbaijan Armenia has filed a lawsuit against Azerbaijan in the International Court of Justice, according to a press release from The Hague. |
