“My position is that this tool needs to be improved.
There are issues related to the socio-economic components of this process ... But nevertheless, our legislation on citizenship should be more liberal.
This is completely obvious, ”said Putin, answering a question from RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.
Earlier, the head of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Lieutenant General Valentina Kazakova said that "the request for obtaining Russian citizenship is growing."