“In 2022 Russia citizenship was acquired by more than half of million people.”
Misleading. Russia illegally annexed parts of Ukraine and handed out citizenship to residents there.==
No those numbers are additional to those from returned territory of Novorossiya(5 mlns more). Half million became citizen fulfilling all procedure and test which take 5 years. For example Snowden and his wife are in between of this half million. They got citizenship in 2022. His 2 sons got citizenship by birth in Russia.
“No those numbers are additional to those from returned territory of Novorossiya(5 mlns more). “
What do you mean, “returned territory?” The territory Putin gobbled up had been Ukrainian for generations. It was not “returned” to Russia, because it had never been Russian (though, it had at one time been part of the vast Russian Empire; but the majority of its people were not ethnic Russians). Or, do you forget that?
And, Snowden? Do you mean the traitor?