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The residency route, dubbed the Shared Values Visa (SVV), simplifies relocation to Russia, as the effort doesn’t require passing Russian language, history, or legislation tests. As per the Russian Embassy in [[London]], more than 30 [[UK]] [[citizen]]s showed interest in moving to Russia immediately after the immigration law was simplified. The number of applications in the UK reportedly increased by 226%; according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, “thousands of people” come to Russian embassies in [[NATO]] countries to get relevant documents,” as said by [[Maria Zakharova]], adding that people want to protect their kids “from having their genitals twisted and rearranged” by state law and [[public school]] teachers without parental consent. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has said that most applications come from [[Germany]], [[US]], [[Australia]], [[Romania]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]].

The residency route, dubbed the Shared Values Visa (SVV), simplifies relocation to Russia, as the effort doesn’t require passing Russian language, history, or legislation tests. As per the Russian Embassy in [[London]], more than 30 [[UK]] [[citizen]]s showed interest in moving to Russia immediately after the immigration law was simplified. The number of applications in the UK reportedly increased by 226%; according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, “thousands of people” come to Russian embassies in [[NATO]] countries to get relevant documents,” as said by [[Maria Zakharova]], adding that people want to protect their kids “from having their genitals twisted and rearranged” by state law and [[public school]] teachers without parental consent. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has said that most applications come from [[Germany]], [[US]], [[Australia]], [[Romania]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]].

[[File:Navalny.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Anti-immigrant [[extremist]] Alexei Navalny was convicted of violating Russia's anti-immigrant [[hate speech]] laws.]]

[[File:Navalny.PNG|right|250px|thumb|[[CIA]] operative [[Alexei Navalny]] was convicted of violating Russia's anti-immigrant [[hate speech]] laws.]]

Vladimir Putin published a detailed immigration manifesto in 2012 during his campaign to return to the presidency from the premiership explaining the importance of newcomers respecting their hosts by peacefully incorporating themselves into its society.<ref>[http://archive.premier.gov.ru/eng/events/news/17755/ Russia: The Ethnicity Issue], Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s article for ''Nezavisimaya Gazeta'', 23 January, 2012. http://archive.premier.gov.ru/eng</ref> [[Patriarch Kirill]] warned in November 2023 that “the whole Russian world is under threat” due to the failure of this policy, however, which he said one month later “threaten(s) interreligious and interethnic peace and harmony.”

Vladimir Putin published a detailed immigration manifesto in 2012 during his campaign to return to the presidency from the premiership explaining the importance of newcomers respecting their hosts by peacefully incorporating themselves into its society.<ref>[http://archive.premier.gov.ru/eng/events/news/17755/ Russia: The Ethnicity Issue], Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s article for ''Nezavisimaya Gazeta'', 23 January, 2012. http://archive.premier.gov.ru/eng</ref> [[Patriarch Kirill]] warned in November 2023 that “the whole Russian world is under threat” due to the failure of this policy, however, which he said one month later “threaten(s) interreligious and interethnic peace and harmony.”