“The head of the Citizenship Affairs Department of the Migration Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow, Police Colonel Alexei Katkov, solemnly handed over the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation to Benjamin Stimson,”

– said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.

A native of Greater Manchester County of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in May 2024 signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and served in the Donetsk People’s Republic for a year. Has a military registration specialty.

By the decision of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow, Benjamin Stimson was admitted to the citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified manner as a participant in a special military operation.

“I am very happy to receive a Russian passport. Now I am a citizen of the Russian Federation… Even though my roots are in England, my future is here in Russia. These are the leaves and fruits on the tree of life,”

– Benjamin said.

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