Putin offers citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia against Ukraine
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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree this week offering citizenship to foreigners who sign a one-year contract to fight in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The Kremlin extended the offer to "foreign citizens who signed a [one-year] contract with the Russian Armed Forces or military formations or who are undergoing military service during the special military operation [in Ukraine]," according to a translation from the Moscow Times. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
Citizenship benefits would extend to those who served, their spouses, parents and children.
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