Russian media: Two Ukraine surrender soldiers request not to be exchanged, hoping to become a Russian citizen

According to the Russian "News" reported on the 23rd, the two Ukrainian active soldiers surrendered to the Russian military requested the exchange list of Russia -Ukraine's captured personnel. They expressed their hope that they could get Russian citizenship.

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The Russian media said that the two Ubim soldiers said: "We want to stay here, live here, and obtain citizenship, so that we will no longer be affected by all these troubles and wars."

One of the Ukraines told the News that they could not avoid military service, and the commanders of the Ukraine finally abandoned him and other soldiers. They had no food and weapons. He decided to surrender to the Russian army in accordance with the advice of his parents.

Heruson officials Kiril Stelusov emphasized that the surrender Ukrainian soldiers worried about their safety. For them, Russian passports were a security guarantee. He said: "These captured people are not ready to return to Ukraine, there are generally fear ... hatred and evil."

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Valeri Venin, a member of the Russian International Lawyers Alliance, said that from a legal perspective, there is no obstacle to this matter -prisoners' identity will not affect the application for citizenship. In addition, the countries they receive will review whether they meet the requirements.

Yofgen Rubin Schitin, a consultant of the Russian Federal Lawyer Association, claims that the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war stipulates that prisoners of war reserved civil rights before the captured, but if these captured persons are filed criminal in Russia or Ukraine The lawsuit, or before the crime, has not been revoked or eliminated, then the application for Russian citizenship will be rejected.

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Russian media pointed out that Hermone now implements a set of simplified procedures for Russian citizenship. Russian President Putin signed relevant laws on May 25 to expand the rules of Russian passports on the Russian passports in Donetsk and Lugusk residents in 2019 to residents applicable to Zapolo and Hermuson.

Russian experts interviewed by the Message said that the competent authorities may review whether such applicants involved war crimes involved in war before receiving documents for citizenship. He pointed out that in any case, the standard procedures for obtaining citizenship include a background investigation, including reviewing whether there is a criminal department.

The report pointed out that in this case, the motivation of those who were still participating in the battle for the Ukraine side, but now they applied for a Russian citizenship and their experiences may cause concerns. Member of the Russian Lawyers Association Anton Biborov-Gosadalev believes that people should not be expected to serve in another country or work in law enforcement agencies in another country. " The special procedure of personnel is unlikely that the active soldiers surrendered to Hulson to obtain Russian citizenship are not much likely. " (Edit: HHJ)

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