Russians are 1.5 times more likely to apply for international passports
Over the past period of time, from January to March-April 2018, the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued 42% more passports than in the same period – in 2017. Sources do not voice the reasons for such dynamics, but there is reason to think. Either it is a matter of simplifying the execution of a document (now this can be done through the MFC), or on the eve of an increase in the duty, the people “remembered”. Although other reasons are not excluded, more prosaic, of which one can only guess…
