“The articles of the Law of Return say who a Jew is.
One who was born of a Jewish mother and did not convert to Christianity,” he said.
At the same time, Galkin is “actually a Christian,” Akhitov said, recalling that “they got married in a church.”
“Thanks to her husband, whose mother is Jewish, they were allowed to immigrate to Israel.
But he married her in the church, it was said that he converted to Christianity.
So legally they deserve nothing,” said the former official.
In a conversation with RIA Novosti, the Chief Rabbi of Russia according to the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations Adolf Shayevich commented on this situation.
“A baptized Jew can change his faith to Judaism in order to obtain or retain Israeli citizenship, but this is a long and complicated process,” he said.
Shaevich drew attention to the fact that Pugacheva and Galkin are "famous people."
“It is much easier for (them) here, and it would be much more difficult for any person in this situation,” he summed up.
In early October, singer Alla Pugacheva published a post in which she indicated that she was in the "Holy Land" and wrote that she was "happy."
In September, the Russian Ministry of Justice added showman Maxim Galkin to the list of individuals acting as a foreign agent.
Ukraine is indicated in the column "Information about foreign sources".
* Included in the register of individuals acting as a foreign agent by decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice dated September 16, 2022.