- A twenty-year-old student who left Spain on the migration service’s order has obtained a suspension of that decision.
- The Russian Interior Ministry has begun threatening Russians of conscription age who have no military ID with refusal to issue a foreign travel passport.
- Claude has begun requesting passports from Russians and blocking accounts.
- The third major crypto exchange in a month has announced that it is ceasing to work with citizens of Russia and Belarus.
- Germany has sharply cut the issuance of long-term visas to Russians. Whereas 12,930 visas were issued in 2022, the projected number for 2026 is around 4,500.
- The number of foreigners whom Poland has put on its list of “undesirable persons” has almost doubled, reaching 40,971 people. The largest group is made up of citizens of Ukraine, followed by citizens of Georgia, Russia and Belarus.
- By the end of 2026, the Polish government plans to approve a bill tightening the requirements for obtaining citizenship: B2 language level, income and an exam.
- The start of the US Green Card lottery has been postponed indefinitely: the White House has obtained a stay of the court ruling ordering registration to open.
- The European Union plans to create a single coordination center for the removal of foreigners.
- The “students” have promised to preserve favorable conditions for Russian immigrants in Serbia.
- Since the start of the war, Russians have been forcibly returned to their homeland from the territory of more than 70 countries. Experts at TriTrace Investigations have created an interactive risk map for those who have left Russia.
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