MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. More than 1,800 foreigners have applied for a temporary residence permit in Russia a year after Vladimir Putin signed a decree on providing humanitarian support to people who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, Interior Ministry Spokesperson Irina Volk said.
The decree creates additional mechanisms for the resettlement of residents of non-CIS countries to Russia.
"There is growing interest from these types of people in the possibility of moving to our country. Since the signing of the decree, over 1,800 foreigners have applied for temporary residence permits, and 1,300 relevant decisions have been made," said Volk.
According to her, the displaced people include entrepreneurs, agricultural workers, educational and cultural figures who can be productive members of society. "Foreigners who applied for a permit are mostly citizens of Germany (369 people), Latvia (185), the US (163), France (136), Italy (133), Estonia (87), Great Britain (87), South Korea (78), Canada (78), Lithuania (64)," she said.
The largest number of applications were submitted in Moscow (594), St. Petersburg (300), the Moscow Region (186) and the Krasnodar Region (176).
