State Duma advances draft legislation that would raise fees for migrants, including a 12-fold increase in the cost of obtaining Russian citizenship

Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, passed on first reading two government bills (1, 2) that would raise fees for migrants several times over. The fee for Russian citizenship would increase 12-fold, from 4,200 to 50,000 rubles.

Original source: Meduza