Who and why flees from Russia to the USA?
With a loud heading came out news from Radio Liberty. According to the media, in the past 2017, the number of Russians wishing to leave their homeland and find political refuge in the United States of America. Their number reached 2664 people, providing an increase of 39% compared with the level of 2016. As a result, 2017 was a record year in terms of political emigration over the past 24 years of post-Soviet Russia.
Political asylum may be granted from the United States to individuals who consider themselves persecuted for reasons such as political opinion or political activity as a citizen, religion, race or nationality, membership of a social group, or attitude to people with a different sexual orientation. Citizens of the Russian Federation who feel infringement of their rights and freedoms in connection with the above, have the right to apply for asylum in the stronghold of democracy.
According to reports, there is a certain relationship between the adoption in 2013 of a law banning the promotion of homosexuality in Russia and the desire to find a new home in the United States of America. A spokesman for Russian President Peskov restrainedly commented on the figures quoted by Radio Liberty:
Political asylum may be granted from the United States to individuals who consider themselves persecuted for reasons such as political opinion or political activity as a citizen, religion, race or nationality, membership of a social group, or attitude to people with a different sexual orientation. Citizens of the Russian Federation who feel infringement of their rights and freedoms in connection with the above, have the right to apply for asylum in the stronghold of democracy.
According to reports, there is a certain relationship between the adoption in 2013 of a law banning the promotion of homosexuality in Russia and the desire to find a new home in the United States of America. A spokesman for Russian President Peskov restrainedly commented on the figures quoted by Radio Liberty:
Let's just say, a sea of false information, you need to approach all the numbers very carefully. It’s hardly possible to trust straight away
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