Russia: Law On Expansion Of Grounds For Depriving Acquired Citizenship Entered Into Force

In Russia, a law began to act in Russia, increasing the number of citizenship received through naturalization to more than 80. This is stated on the website of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

according to amendments, now deprivation of citizenship is possible in case of serious crimes, including murder, depraved actions and sexual crimes, including in relation to minors. Public calls for terrorist activities, the propaganda of terrorism and participation in the activities of Russia,

The list includes provisions on deprivation of citizenship for cooperation with foreign states or international organizations, causing damage to the interests of the Russian Federation, as well as for promoting the decisions of international structures in which Russia is not involved. Additional grounds are the interference in the work of critically important information infrastructure, the propaganda of Nazism and extremism, as well as a demonstration of their symbols.

the law does not apply to residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, as well as the Crimea and Sevastopol. He stated that the new law “gives law enforcement officers to be a serious tools for restoring order.”

earlier, the document was approved by the State Duma on July 17, approved by the Federation Council and signed by President Vladimir Putin on July 31.