“The Senate of the Czech Republic has adopted a law prohibiting the granting of Czech citizenship to Russians who have not renounced their Russian passport. The Lex Ukraine law also extends the temporary protection of Ukrainians for a year.”, — write on: unn.ua
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It is noted that one of the amendments to this law introduces a ban on granting Czech citizenship to Russian citizens who have not renounced the passport of the aggressor country. The president is likely to sign it on January 29 this year.
The Lex Ukrajina law concerns the extension of temporary protection of Ukrainians in the country for another year. But one of the amendments provides for a ban on issuing citizenship to people who have a passport of the Russian Federation.
The Senate failed to pass the law, but 52 of the 73 lawmakers who did not support the document did not introduce their own amendments.
This means that the approved law will go to President Petro Pavel
The senators were not satisfied with three amendments, which related to criminal liability for activities in favor of a foreign state, the granting of Czech citizenship to Russians only if they renounce Russian citizenship, and the possibility for school principals to announce a later date for the recruitment of Ukrainian children to the first three classes. These amendments were proposed to be removed from the law.
At the same time, the authors of the law emphasize that the complication of obtaining a passport of a country of the European Union by Russians is justified, since the Russian Federation has been waging war against Ukraine for three years. In addition, among the Russian diaspora in the Czech Republic there are many supporters of the Kremlin and people associated with the special services of the aggressor state.
The approved amendments to the law provide that all current applications for Czech citizenship from Russians aged 15 and older will be suspended until the expiration of the Lex Ukrajina law, which in the new version is indefinite. The amendment will not apply only to refugees, children under the age of 15, and those who have made a special contribution to the economy or culture of the Czech Republic.
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