
Russia Issued Over 1,000 'Traditional Values' Visas in 2025
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued more than 1,000 'traditional values' visas in 2025. These visas are reportedly part of an effort to promote 'anti-woke' or traditional values.
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Russian MFA Issued Over 1K ‘Traditional Values’ Visas in 2025
The “humanitarian support” initiative allows citizens of the U.S., the EU and several other countries to apply for special visas if they oppose what Moscow characterizes as the “destructive neoliberal ideological agenda” in their home nations.
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Russian diplomatic missions and consulates issued 1,112 visas in 2025 to foreigners who “share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values,” Alexey Klimov, director of the Foreign Ministry’s consular department, said in an interview with the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
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