{"id":2399,"date":"2025-11-26T09:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:33:33","slug":"russia-to-tighten-immigration-rules-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/russia-to-tighten-immigration-rules-security-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia to tighten immigration rules \u2013 Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreigners cannot \u201cgroundlessly\u201d expect permanent residence and must leave at the end of their legal stay, Aleksandr Grebenkin has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia no longer sees immigration as a way to offset falling birthrates and will not allow migrants to overstay their legal welcome, Aleksandr Grebenkin, deputy secretary of the country\u2019s Security Council, has said.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta released Tuesday, the senior official commented on Russia\u2019s State Migration Policy for 2026-2030, approved in October. He said it prioritizes national security and economic development while focusing on combating illegal immigration and integrating foreigners who share traditional values.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the new policy, the migration of foreign citizens to our country is no longer viewed as an auxiliary means of addressing demographic issues, but rather as an additional tool for implementing economic measures,\u201d<\/em> he stated. He explained that foreigners cannot expect permanent residence in Russia, except for certain categories, and must leave when their legal stay expires.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe migration situation has changed significantly,\u201d<\/em> he added. \u201cNew security threats have emerged as hostile states and radical groups seek to exploit migration to undermine our interests, destabilize domestic politics, and fuel tensions with migrants\u2019 home countries.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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He said migrants\u2019 worldview has also shifted, shaped by different environments. He pointed to arrivals from former Soviet republics who he said often show \u201ca dismissive and consumerist attitude toward Russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAll of this fuels rising tensions in Russian society over migration and the emergence of interethnic and interfaith conflicts,\u201d<\/em> he stated.<\/p>\n

Grebenkin said Russia has introduced measures<\/a>\u00a0to remove newcomers who may pose risks, including mandatory fingerprinting, health checks, photographing, and digitized migration records. He said these and other steps<\/a>\u00a0have helped cut the number of foreign citizens staying in Russia illegally more than threefold.<\/p>\n

Russian officials have long warned of a looming demographic crisis, with 2024 data showing the lowest annual birthrates since 1999. The government has rolled out multiple support measures, including lump-sum childbirth payments and expanded maternity benefits.<\/p>\n

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Russia has tightened migration rules following the deadly Crocus City Hall terrorist attack last year, in which Islamic State-linked Tajik nationals killed 149 people at the behest of Ukrainian intelligence, according to Russian authorities. At a government meeting last month, President Vladimir Putin said<\/a>\u00a0Russia will not follow countries that try to address demographic issues by replacing native populations with \u201cchaotic migration.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foreigners cannot \u201cgroundlessly\u201d expect permanent residence and must leave at the end of their legal stay, Aleksandr Grebenkin has said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399\/revisions\/2405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}