Against the background of the growing number of naturalized people from Central Asia and the Caucasus, this number seems insignificant. For example, Tajiks received 173,634 passports in 2022 and 87 thousand passports in the first half of 2023. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has restricted access to this information.
Tsargrad wrote that in July, the State Duma expanded the list of provisions of the Criminal Code from which citizenship can be revoked to 80, including murder, sexual crimes against children, organizing illegal migration and evasion of military registration.
When considering migration policy, it is important to control the issuance of passports of migrants, especially from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Those who want citizenship must serve in the army or be representatives of Russia's indigenous peoples. The Ministry of Internal Affairs punishes criminals and has received extensive powers. The Investigative Committee persuaded 10 thousand new citizens to go to the front.
The Home Office often works in an official manner without protecting people from alternative migration.