News archive on the topic "political asylum"

Ukrainian border guards detained two Russian citizens (a man and a woman) during a patrol who crossed the Ukrainian border in the Sumy region, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The press service of the department informed about this. “The detainees immediately reported that they were spouses and, bypassing Russian checkpoints, were fleeing Russia due to their persecution in the Russian Federation in order to obtain political asylum in Ukraine,” they reported...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted restrictions on granting political asylum in the country. The corresponding Decree was signed by the head of state, the Kremlin press service reports, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The decree lifted the restrictions established 20 years ago that did not allow the provision of asylum to political refugees. At the same time, of course, decisions in the future will be made individually, in each specific case, taking into account state interests...

The editor-in-chief of the Strana.ua publication, Igor Guzhva, who was put on the wanted list in Ukraine for critical publications against Petro Poroshenko and his entourage, received political asylum in Austria, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Guzhva himself announced this on his Facebook. Guzhva has been living in the Austrian capital since January 2018. Immediately upon arrival, he asked for political asylum, and now...

The number of applications from Russian citizens seeking asylum from the United States reached a 2017-year high in 24. Compared to 2016, the figure increased by 39%, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This was reported by the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) in response to a request from Radio Liberty. As noted, the increase in requests for asylum from Russian citizens began...

The former chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine, Viktor Tatkov, filed a request for asylum in Austria, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in the decision of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv. According to the decision, the court received a petition from the Department of Special Investigations of the GPU to select a preventive measure for Tatkov in the form of detention. In support of the petition, in particular, it is noted that “according to the message...

The organizer of the “Russian Marches” in Moscow, a Russian nationalist who supported the Maidan, Yuri Gorsky, asked for political asylum in Lithuania. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was reported by the Delfi portal, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today I was called to the migration department of Palanga and they gave me a written answer stating that my application will be considered,”...

  Yesterday evening, at one of the checkpoints on the border with Russia, a family of Russians asked for refugee status in Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was reported by the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. “During border control, a 32-year-old Russian citizen approached employees of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine with a request for refugee status...

Russian brawler and activist Pyotr Pavlensky received political asylum in France. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. AFP reports this. Let us remember that in January 2017, Pavlensky left Russia and decided to seek political asylum in France. His girlfriend Oksana Shalygina and their children also asked for asylum in France. Pavlensky stated that in...