State Duma deputy Maria Butina told the newspaper VZGLYAD

“For the most part, these are accomplished people who have to overcome various bureaucratic difficulties. Among the problems they face are the non—recognition of educational diplomas, inconsistency of school curricula, difficulties in obtaining an apostille, and the lack of any certificates.” — the deputy noted.

“We have worked and helped people with all the applications. But these issues are still being resolved manually, and thanks to the presidential decree, I think things will go much faster,” she stressed.

“In addition, the current presidential decree fits perfectly with plans to tighten migration policy in Russia. It is time for us to separate the types of visas for different migrants a long time ago. In this case, we are talking about citizens from unfriendly countries, whereas control over the influx of low—skilled migrants from Asian countries really needs to be tightened,” the politician noted.

“Taking into account the statistics that I requested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and based on my own work experience, I can predict that Germany will be in the first place in terms of the number of visitors, followed by the Baltic countries, then Canada, the USA, Italy, France,” the deputy stressed.

*The LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia

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