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Internal Russian passport "expires" three times during lifetime. For most of the adulthood it's not an issue


Unfortunately, one of these times is at 20, which can be a serious problem for those evading conscription. There have also been recent developments where opposition figures’ passports are cancelled as a persecution measure[1], but it’s too early to tell how widespread it’s going to be.

[1] https://www.currenttime.tv/a/pasporta-rossiyan-za-granitsey-... (in Russian; for reference, Current Time is a US-funded collaboration between Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and Voice of America)




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