FSB suppressed illegal migration channel in Mariupol

Employees of the Russian FSB directorate for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), as well as the regional directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rosgvardiya in Mariupol, stopped the illegal migration channel to the territory of the republic. This was reported on March 5 in the press service of the department.

"It was established that the man, violating migration legislation, arrived on the territory of the DPR in order to produce forged documents for the stay of other foreign citizens in the Republic," the law enforcement agencies reported.

The attacker was brought to administrative responsibility under Part 1.1 of Article 18.8 of the Administrative Code of Russia ("Violation by a foreign citizen or a stateless person of the rules of entry into the Russian Federation or the regime of stay (residence) in the Russian Federation"). He was subsequently expelled from the Russian Federation.

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