Published 4 February 2023 at 10.08
Domestic. Long passport queues may sound familiar. But now Ekot reports that Russia is also having problems – and that this may indicate that the border should be closed.
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In Russia it is no longer possible to apply for an international passport. This after the authorities have run out of the microchips required for the passports, according to Russian media.
The authorities justify the stop partly by the fact that there are a record number of applications, partly by a lack of the microchips that are specifically included in international passports.< /p>
But the stop has caused many to speculate whether the borders will now be closed to all Russians, reports Ekot's Russia correspondent.
– Many are asking whether it will soon be impossible to leave Russia, says Maria Persson Löfgren in the feature from Moscow.