The authorities want to recoup the money spent on resettling some of their compatriots from abroad.

The government has decided to determine how regions will collect funds from participants in the compatriot resettlement program if they lose their status. Project The government prepared a resolution on this.

According to the document, the status of a participant in the resettlement program will be lostIf a person supported the violent overthrow of the government, participated in extremist or terrorist activities, committed a serious crime, repeatedly violated immigration regulations, or provided false documents, their status may also be revoked for those who failed to submit a certificate of absence of HIV or drug use on time. Please note: turned Sota edition.

Displaced persons are planned to be given 90 days to repay their debts. Otherwise, regional authorities will go to court and collect the debt through bailiffs.

The document does not indicate whether this rule will apply to those who returned to Russia before the law was passed.

The state program for the resettlement of compatriots living abroad has been in effect since 2006. Since then, more than a million people have participated.

A similar initiative to recover the money spent voiced and the Russian Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev — this refers to those who decided to change their athletic citizenship. According to him, during the initial stages of training, the state spends about 300,000 rubles per athlete, and up to 1.5 million rubles per year for elite national team athletes.

“Well then let them return the money invested in them,” - the official considers.