- Russians holding German residence permits have started being refused bank cards. The refusals are linked to EU sanctions against Russian nationals.
- Ireland is preparing a significant tightening of its citizenship rules.
- A senior specialist at Bolt may be denied renewal of his Estonian residence permit because of his conscript service in the Russian army.
- A Russian citizen is unable to obtain a new international passport and has consequently run into problems renewing his Latvian residence permit.
- Russians were barred from ZION Festival in Tbilisi, but after criticism the ban was replaced with a questionnaire on recognising Georgia’s territorial integrity.
- In his first 100 days as Latvia’s Interior Minister, Jānis Dombrava has banned 90 people from entering the country.
- Residents of the Latvian village of Liepna are concerned about a nearby asylum seekers’ centre.
- Since the beginning of the year, at least 89 Belarusians in the US have been placed in immigration detention.
- Re-entry: what happens if you return to the US after deportation.
- How a Russian man has spent almost two years trying to prove that drugs were planted on him and his girlfriend in Tbilisi. A long read on the inconsistencies in the case of Artem Gribul and Anastasia Zinovkina.
“Chuzhie” (EXILES) is a Russian-speaking community of lawyers defending migrants in Europe. If you need help, write to us here or by email: chuzhie93@gmail.com

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