At present, 670 thousand people are currently living in the territory of the Russian Federation, the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Colonel-General of the Russian Police, Colonel-General Alexander Gorovo stated on Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.
He said that more than half of the 670,000 people are women and children.
According to Gorovo, this number of people in Russia is illegally, but from December 30, 2024, they have the right to contact the relevant departments and internal affairs bodies to resolve their legal status.
"After checking our special registration and assessing the lack of public order offenses, we will normalize the legal status of those foreign citizens. If not, they are obliged to leave the country, "the Russian Interior Ministry spoke.
