# Nearly 200,000 foreigners violating Russian laws barred from entering country — ministry

https://mins.news/en/item/52658

- TASS, 2026-09-10 08:51 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2185301

> Russia’s Interior Ministry has barred about 200,000 foreign nationals who committed crimes or violated the law in Russia from re-entering for a specified period, migration chief Andrey Kikot told President Vladimir Putin. Deportation cases rose 85%, with about 100,000 people deported, including 75,000 forcibly. Officials also found ten times more forged documents.

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