In First, Russia Strips Citizenship From 2 Men Over Draft Dodging

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
said Friday, marking the first such case since new legislation legalizing denaturalization came into force.The unidentified 21-year-old and
24-year-old men were required to report to a military enlistment office within 14 days after obtaining their Russian passports, the Interior
citizenship, while the Chelyabinsk Regional Court struck down an appeal they had made.The two men must now leave Russia or face
ex-Soviet republic, the state-run Interfax agency reported.Amendments to Russia's citizenship laws came into effect in October and list more
than 60 crimes as grounds for losing citizenship.On Wednesday, a Moscow court stripped two other naturalized Russians of their citizenship
denaturalizing seven other Russian citizens convicted of drug, rape and terrorism, as well as draft dodging.