citizenship

Authorities prepare amendments to law seeking to revoke citizenship and seize property of Belarusians
They want to deprive even those who received their citizenship at birth
25.11.2021
Senior police officer: Belarusians ‘serving interests of West from abroad’ should be deprived of citizenship
On October 18, Vyachaslau Arlouski, the head of the notorious GUBAZiK/GUBOPiK (Main Department for Combatting Organised Crime and Corruption) came up with a proposal to add some clauses to this year’s amendments to the law on citizenship. The amendments came into force in June.
19.10.2021
Law on Belarusian citizenship amended
What has changed?
18.12.2020
Metropolitan Kondrusiewicz not deprived of citizenship, Belarus authorities say
His passport was canceled “to avoid its unreasonable use”.
16.09.2020
Belarusians and Ukrainians can now obtain Russian citizenship easier
But this will not affect the situation
18.06.2020
Belarus to simplify procedure for obtaining citizenship
Belarus will make the law on citizenship more liberal.
29.05.2020
Belarus may ease rules of granting citizenship
Belarusian lawmakers are expected to consider amendments to the law on citizenship at the spring session of the House of Representatives, state-run news agency BelTA reports.
22.04.2020
Russian citizenship: Dropping barriers for Belarusians, Ukrainians
The Russian authorities are working on easing the process of obtaining Russian citizenship by, among others, Belarusian nationals, the newspaper Izvestia reports with reference to Valentina Kazakova, Head of the Migration Department of Russia’s Interior Ministry.
30.01.2020