In Russia, since 2023, more than 5,000 foreigners have been deprived of acquired citizenship.
This was announced by the head of the Russian Interior Ministry, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, in a speech to the Federation Council. His words are quoted by the TASS agency.
Kolokoltsev said that citizenship was revoked mainly due to the commission of crimes. At the same time, according to his data, the number of foreign citizens who received Russian citizenship decreased by a third during the year. He did not give an exact figure. Earlier, citing data from the Ministry of the Interior, he wrote that in 2025, over 152,000 foreigners received Russian citizenship, which is 27.1% less than in 2024, and 4.5 times less than in 2022, when 961,000 foreigners received a Russian passport.
About 820,000 foreigners were included in the controlled registry, which includes foreigners for allegedly violating immigration laws, 140,000 of them minors. Due to non-compliance with the residence rules, about 7,000 foreign citizens left Russia with their children, he said.