{"id":183809,"date":"2026-04-15T19:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183809\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:24:45","slug":"lukasenka-grants-belarusian-citizenship-to-230-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183809\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka grants Belarusian citizenship to 230 foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict granting Belarusian citizenship to 230 people from 19 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group includes individuals born in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Russia, Syria, and T\u00fcrkiye. Most of the new citizens arrived from Ukraine, according to the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All recipients have lived in the country for five or more years, speak one of its state languages and are employed, the press office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar groups of foreigners were granted citizenship in November, July and March 2025, as well as in August and June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, \u0141uka\u0161enka issued an edict authorizing himself to deprive individuals of citizenship for \u201cextremism\u201d or causing \u201cserious harm\u201d to Belarus\u2019 interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pasport_Bel_Pozirk_1440-0349-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pasport_Bel_Pozirk_1440-0349-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pasport_Bel_Pozirk_1440-0349-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pasport_Bel_Pozirk_1440-0349-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pasport_Bel_Pozirk_1440-0349.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s team sounds alarm over dissident passport annulments<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 31, Pozirk. Minsk\u2019s decision to annul the passports of dissidents released from prisons in a deal with Washington and taken out of Belarus violates international law, said lawyers from the legal team of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. \u201cThe &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181761\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict granting Belarusian citizenship to 230 people from 19 countries. The group includes individuals born in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Russia, Syria, and T\u00fcrkiye. Most of the new citizens arrived from Ukraine, according to the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office. 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