Latvian court orders to grant asylum to Russian who fought for Ukraine in 2014
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A Latvian court granted asylum to a Russian who fought for Ukraine, had no ties to Russia and feared persecution.
The administrative District Court in late December ordered Latvia to grant asylum to a citizen of who fought on the side of Ukraine in 2014 as part of the Donbass battalion, Delfi reports, UNN writes.
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The publication reports that the Administrative District Court has ordered Latvia to grant asylum to to a Russian who fought on the side of Ukraine.
It is noted that the man applied for refugee status in 2022. He was born in Latvia, but since 1997 he has lived in Ukraine, but, according to him, he has not received Ukrainian citizenship. according to him, has not received Ukrainian citizenship.
In 2014 the man volunteered for the Donbass battalion, where he spent 1.5 months at the front, after which he suffered concussion and injuries to his spine and knee. He did not advertise his participation in the He did not advertise his participation in the fighting for fear that it would become known to the Russian special services.
When a Russian man tried to obtain Ukrainian citizenship, he was offered to go to the Russian consular office in the occupied Crimea to settle all the formalities with Russia. formalities with Russia. The man did not do so, fearing for his life.
In addition, due to one of the shellings, he lost his personal belongings, including his passport. У 2021, he planned to obtain refugee status in Ukraine.
In 2022, after the after the start of the full-scale invasion, he fled to Latvia with his wife and children. Latvia and tried to get asylum, but in August the Citizenship and Migration Citizenship and Migration Board of Latvia rejected his application due to lack of evidence that he was a member of the Donbas battalion.
He disagreed with the with the decision, the man appealed to the court. As an additional argument, he pointed out that, despite the citizenship of the Russian Federation, he had lost the desire to maintain any ties with Russia. In court, he also added that he was a member of the Right Sector, which recognized as extremist in Russia, which creates additional danger for him in in case he ends up in Russia.
The court took the man's side, and the State Security Service did not find any negative information about him that would prevent him from obtaining refugee status
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