YEMEN Press Agency

Russia grants Yemen’s nationals Russian nationality

SANAA, May 1 (YPA) – Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has signed a new decree to grant Russian citizenship to the Yemeni nationals in his country, according to a statement by Kremlin on Wednesday.

The decree also included Ukraine and Afghanistan as well as Syria and Iraq.

The move come to implement and protect “rights and human and civil freedoms”, the statement added.

Ali Ahan