Just like in the USSR — The State Duma of the Russian Federation allowed the confiscation of passports.

The Russian has adopted a law allowing it to confiscate the passports of its citizens. Now, a Russian citizen can have their citizenship revoked simply for refusing to register for military service.

This was reported by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation

Soviet practices of the Putin regime

In Putin's Russia, the Soviet practice of revoking citizenship has been adopted. During the Soviet era, the then-communist authorities deprived the citizenship of artists and public figures who spoke out against the totalitarian dictatorship of the CPSU. Now, the Russian State Duma has reverted to the practice of confiscating Russian passports from citizens.

Concessions in occupied territories

One of the reasons for revoking Russian citizenship, as stated in the adopted law, is the refusal to register for military service — in essence, a refusal to participate in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Interestingly, this provision applies only to citizens of internationally recognized Russian regions.

However, among those 'citizens' who received Russian passports in the occupied Ukrainian territories, citizenship will not be revoked for refusing to register for military service in the aggressor country. Russia is willing to issue passports to occupied Ukrainians even if they refuse to take part in the current war on the side of the aggressor.

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