In 2022, more than 50 thousand Russians informed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of their second citizenship or residence permit

More than 50,000 Russians notified the Ministry of Internal Affairs of their second citizenship or residence permit (permit) in another country in 2022. This is 4.6% less than in 2021. This was reported RBC with reference to the response of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the request of the publication.

“According to departmental statistical reporting, in 2022, more than 50 thousand people applied to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with a notification of the presence of another citizenship or a document for the right to permanent residence in a foreign state, which is 4.6% less than in 2021,”— stated in the response.

The department added that most often Russians reported that they had passports of Israel, Armenia, Turkey, Georgia, Germany and Ukraine.

Previously at the Russian Foreign Ministry reportedthat in 2022, 4,306 people renounced Russian citizenship, which was a record for the last three years. By data Ministry of Internal Affairs, for the year in Russia, 40 people left Russian citizenship.

Olesya Pavlenko