Georgian citizenship was given to 13,575 persons in 2018-2022 

38 persons got Georgian citizenship under the normal treatment, 29 individuals – under the streamlined treatment, and also 15 persons – under the unique treatment. This was reported by the Institute for the Growth of Flexibility of Info (IDFI) with referral to details supplied by the management of the President of Georgia.

According to them, 72% (6,705 persons) of the 8,464 persons that got Georgian citizenship in 2018-2022 were Russian residents. According to data, throughout the exact same duration, Georgian citizenship was additionally given to 428 Ukrainian residents, 404 Armenian residents and also 330 United States residents.

According to the exact same details, for 7 months of 2022, Georgian citizenship was given to 723 Russian residents, consisting of 551 residents of the Russian Federation after the Russian intrusion of Ukraine. Throughout the exact same duration, Georgian citizenship was given to 8 residents of Ukraine.

” Evaluation of analytical information on the approving of Georgian citizenship reveals that over the previous 5 years, Georgian citizenship has actually been primarily given to Russian residents. The need of Russian residents to acquire Georgian citizenship is anticipated to boost much more, provided the scenario produced after the Russian intrusion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 (anticipated lasting assents, mistreatment of individuals with various sights, and so on),” the details launched by IDFI claims.