According to the latest legislative bill adopted in the Russia’s State Duma, the Lower Chamber of Parliamentarians, during the first and other readings for amendment to the laws “On military duty and military service” and “On citizenship of the Russian Federation,” all categories of foreigners are required to do military service as a requirement for obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation.

Chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, was among the authors of the amendments. “Currently, foreign citizens and stateless males who acquire........

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