Passports, Internal Control, and American Politics

As I was going over different Russian channels, I came across this. For most people who don’t have an international passport, this makes little difference. However, if you are familiar with international law, this is a five-alarm fire.

What the Russian Embassy in Canada is essentially doing is creating stateless people. You can’t travel without a valid passport. I hope these young ones were born in Canada because they are otherwise stateless.

The Russian Embassy in Canada refused to change the passport of the minor children of a Russian woman. Formally, because of her subscription to an opposition group on Facebook.

Elena Pushkareva, who lives in Ottawa, has already had problems with the embassy: in 2023, she was not allowed there due to a “security threat to the foreign establishment.” Now she and the children were still allowed in, but they refused to accept documents to replace their foreign passports.

According to Pushkareva, the embassy stated that “services will not be provided by order of the ambassador.”

The reason for the refusal was the fact that Pushkareva allegedly “committed a crime.” We are talking about subscribing to the group “For a Beautiful Russia of the Future” on Facebook.