Despite having a residence permit and being married to a Russian woman, he was deported with a subsequent ban on entry. According to the publication “Current Time,” a native of Tajikistan was recently deported from Russia, and he was banned from entering the country for life. He stated that Russian border guards did not take […]
Despite having a residence permit and being married to a Russian woman, he was deported with a subsequent ban on entry.
According to the publication “Current Time,” a native of Tajikistan was recently deported from Russia, and he was banned from entering the country for life.
He stated that Russian border guards did not take into account his residence permit in Russia, his marriage to a Russian citizen, or the fact that he has four children with her.
He said the border guards told him: “No one will talk to you, better shut your mouth and that’s it!”
The citizen of Tajikistan claimed that no one explained to him the reason for his deportation and why he was banned from entering Russia.
He emphasized that he had tried several times to enter Russia, once even through Belarus, but he was consistently denied entry. The man is concerned about the fate of his four children, who were born in his marriage to a Russian citizen and live in that country.
The Tajikistani was detained at a Moscow airport when he was returning to Russia after a short trip to his homeland. He was held for almost a day in the airport waiting area, his phones were checked, and he had his fingerprints taken and a swab from his mouth. After several hours, he was informed that he would be deported.
He tried to find out the reason for his deportation and entry ban, but he was unable to do so. Neither his lawyer nor his wife could establish the reason. The FSB of Russia, which oversees the border service, informed his spouse that the agency had taken no action against the Tajikistani.
However, he recounted that just a few days before leaving Russia, he had attempted to obtain Russian citizenship and had already paid the fee for document processing. But suddenly, he was told at the passport office that “nothing will be done for Tajiks, and everything is only through a contract with the Ministry of Defense.” In other words, he was offered to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense to go fight on the front in Ukraine and only after that become a citizen. The Tajikistani refused this option for obtaining a passport. This may have been the reason for his lifetime ban and deportation.
Tajik citizens have previously been deported from Russia without any grounds, but since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian security forces have been using these methods to recruit migrants for the war in Ukraine. Migrants who refuse are deported and banned from entering Russia for life.