More than 4,300 EU and US citizens have applied for temporary residence permits in Russia since the procedure for their admission was simplified, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said.
"In addition, a presidential decree significantly simplified the procedure for obtaining temporary residence permits for certain categories of people from unfriendly countries. This applies to those who are willing to relocate because they disagree with the policies of their countries. Since the implementation of this mechanism, more than 4,300 applications have been received, mainly from citizens of the European Union, the United States, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Canada," he said in the Federation Council, or the upper house of parliament.