Society‘I trusted Argentina, but it deceived me’: Russian émigrés reconsider life in South America as costs soar and immigration rules tighten

Argentina drew Russian-speaking families partly because children born there could receive citizenship. Under Javier Milei, new rules require applicants to spend two continuous years in the country with legal status; any trip abroad resets the clock, and citizenship decisions have shifted from courts to the migration service. Emigrants say delays and rising costs are prompting some to consider moving again.

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