ArmInfo.In 2016, 22,264 Armenians received Russian citizenship (in 2015, there were 18,653 people). This is reported by RT with reference to the press service
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The department noted that the demand for Russian citizenship in the
CIS countries is traditionally high. According to official data, in
2016, 100 696 Ukrainians became holders of the Russian Federation
passport, which is 49% more than in 2015 (67,400 people) according to
the number of Russian passports received. On the second line is
Kazakhstan – 37 837 people (in 2015 – 32070), in third place was
Uzbekistan – …read more
Source: Arminfo
