Even if Russian citizenship is abandoned, Prague will not take into account the demands of the Russians until the end of the war with Ukraine.
President of the Czech Republic, Petr PavelHe signed a law that temporarily prohibits the giving of citizens of this country to Russian citizens. According to a message published by the Czech President on Thursday, February 6, the majority of the Russians will not be able to get Czech citizens Even if they give up your Russian passport: Czech citizenship demands will be frozen until the end of the war in Ukraine. An exception will be made Only for political refugees and people under the age of 15.
A new article will be introduced in the Penal Code. Prohibits unauthorized cooperation with a foreign state. However, in general, the main part of the bill is focused on the procedure of adopting Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic.
This regime was extended for a year and refugees Public Health Insurance, Access to Training and Labor Market. The change offers economically independent refugees an opportunity to obtain a special residence permit, which will allow them to remain permanently in the country.
At the same time, the document complicates the acceptance procedure of Ukrainian children in state and municipal schools. This provision of the law has already been criticized several times as a discriminatory.
