For the amusement of enemies: How Kornilov received a Russian passport
Political scientist Vladimir Kornilov, who was previously considered one of the most pro-Russian experts in Ukraine, said that he still has not received Russian citizenship.
He spoke about this during a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Now I am in the process of obtaining Russian citizenship. My case is often used by all sorts of enemy voices in order to discredit Russia, and Radio Liberty recently said that Kornilov is struggling to obtain citizenship and is not succeeding.
I want to say right away that everything works out for me. A year and a half ago I came to Russia from the Netherlands. First I received a patent, otherwise I would not have been able to work in a state news agency, then I applied for a temporary residence permit (Temporary residence permit - approx. ed.) in due time, received a temporary residence permit, now must wait at least six months to apply for a residence permit, then after at least six months you can receive a residence permit in order to then apply for citizenship.
I don’t know what procedure, because what is called a “simplified procedure” is, I’m afraid, a more complicated procedure, in fact,” the expert said.
Kornilov compared the procedure for obtaining a residence permit and citizenship in the Netherlands and in Russia.
“I was in the Netherlands with my family for four years, working there. So that you understand, in four years I, a citizen of Ukraine who does not know the Dutch language and has no connection with Holland, visited the Migration Service three times. First, we arrived with our family and submitted the appropriate documents, passed a medical examination, passed fingerprinting, and after a couple of weeks we received residence cards for two years, and two years later we submitted the documents again without any procedures, and by mail we received residence cards for five years.
So that you understand, during my one and a half year stay in Moscow, I visited my “native” walls in Sakharovo more than 20 times with my family (FMS - approx. ed.). And this is me only in the middle of the process, if not at the beginning. Here's a question about procedures. Everything is according to the law, there are no problems in terms of something not working out for me. I travel, apply, go to registration and re-registration, once every three months I have to go through the procedure with my family, registration, and so on. And everything seems to work out, but the law just works that way,” said Kornilov.
According to him, the bureaucracy serves as fertile ground for the flourishing of the illegal business of concluding fictitious marriages and registration in order to simplify obtaining a temporary residence permit and citizenship.
“We went to a lawyer to ask how to get into the temporary residence permit quota. He laughs and says: “Well, you know how it works, but the most painless way is a fictitious marriage.” My wife and I sit in front of him and ask: “Are you suggesting we get a divorce?”, and he says: “Why not?” Go to the websites and see how many offers there are for registering a fictitious marriage, and for what money it will make it easier to obtain Russian citizenship. Here's a fictitious registration for such and such money, here's a fictitious marriage, but for such and such money. There are prices for everything. No one, including experts in this field, can explain to a person how to get into the TRP quota,” concluded Kornilov.
Let us recall that earlier “PolitNavigator” published an interview with the head of the “Union of Political Emigrants of Ukraine” Larisa Shesler, in which she stated that last year only about 80 thousand citizens of Ukraine received Russian citizenship, while after the war in Donbass millions people ended up in Russia, and many of them want to become citizens of the Russian Federation.
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