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Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship.
In accordance with Article 89, Section A of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to Irina Barakat, born on September 29, 1980, in Ukraine.
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During the Direct Line broadcast in June, military interpreter Irina Barakat asked Vladimir Putin to grant her Russian citizenship. Irina Barakat is recovering from a serious injury she received in Aleppo, Syria. Russian citizenship will help here receive medical aid in full and also invite her family, which remains in Syria, to Russia.
June 25, 2018