Over 20,000 recently naturalized Russians fight in Ukraine. “I do not acquire only rights, but also obligations”
The President of the Russian Investigation Committee (CIR), Aleksandr Bastrîkin, said on Tuesday, May 20, at the International Legal Forum in St. Petersburg, that over 20,000 newly naturalized Russian citizens are fighting on the Ukrainian front.
Russian soldiers on the photo front: Profimedia
“Our direction of military investigations has been authorized by me to carry out periodic raids in the places where they are migrants. We catch foreigners who received Russian citizenship, but they did not register at the military offices, although they are obliged to do so“said Bastrîkin, quoted by the Tass agency.
According to Bastrîkin, in these raids were already “Retain 80,000 Russian citizens, who are not on the front and not even at offices want to go“.
Of these 20,000 are already on the front.
“I included them in the military registers and there are already on the front 20,000 new citizens of Russia, who, for various reasons, do not like to live in Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan or Kyrgyzstan“He said, according to EFE, quoted by Agerpres.
Aleksandr Bastrîkin mentioned that he recently discussed with several military who fought in Ukraine, one of them being Tadjik.
“Was decorated with the order for courage“He said. In the middle of last year, Bastrîkin proposed the withdrawal of citizenship in the case of naturalized Russians who avoid registering at the military offices, emphasizing that foreigners receiving Russian nationality”I do not acquire rights, but also obligations“.
For his part, the Russian Ministry of Interior has requested the military offices information about the persons who recently received Russian citizenship, but did not show up at the military registration.
