PoliticsRussia may reject foreign passport applications from draft-age men without military IDs
Materials from Russia’s Interior Ministry list the absence of a military ID as possible grounds for refusing to accept a foreign passport application from a man of draft age. It is unclear whether this signals a change in current procedures. Human rights activists say applicants need to provide a military ID or draft-office certificate only if they have one.
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Russia may reject foreign passport applications from draft-age men without military IDs