Sverdlovsk Region: Demand for Travel Passports Down 60%
12 May 2016 (09:38)
UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 12, 2016. The number of newly issued international travel passports decreased by 59.2% in the four months of 2016 compared with one year earlier, Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia’s Federal Migration Service informed UrBC.
The Service provided Russian citizens with 43,735 passports in January-April 2015 and with 17,841 passports in the four months of 2016.
‘The demand dropped by 60% against last year, which has to do with the current state of the Russian economy and the international status quo,’ the Service explains.
The Service provided Russian citizens with 43,735 passports in January-April 2015 and with 17,841 passports in the four months of 2016.
‘The demand dropped by 60% against last year, which has to do with the current state of the Russian economy and the international status quo,’ the Service explains.
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