The Politzek-Info rights group on March 19 published a document issued by the Russian Interior Ministry dated February 12, 2024, about the cancellation of the Russian citizenship of Aleksandr Somryakov, a Moldovan-born man who was sentenced to six years in prison in April 2023 for publishing online reports about Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Somryakov was found guilty of spreading "false" information about Russian military. In April 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill that allows the citizenship of naturalized Russians convicted of spreading false information about Russian military or discrediting Russian armed forces to be canceled. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Moldovan-Born Man Loses Russian Citizenship Over Covering Ukraine War
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