Matvinko called on immigrants to assimilate into Russian culture.
Immigrants living in Russia "must assimilate" and not remain "an enclave that lives on its own". "Colleagues, we see what is happening in a number of countries, I won't name them, where we let this issue [of immigration policy] go, and it took its toll. This idea of multiculturalism, unfortunately, did not take root. And these are the neighborhoods where people living in our country, they must assimilate into our way of life, into our culture, and not into our tradition, and not into our tradition, live," said Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matvinko.
The Chairman of the Federation Council also noted that the legislators should think about creating additional conditions that would allow the Ministry of the Interior to conduct a civilized immigration policy. In this context, we note that we have passed the "assimilation phase" - the last phase on the horizon. If we don't want it to be like in Paris, we have to take drastic measures, including updating the Russian passports issued and deportation.