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UkrInform: Russian serviceman applies for refugee status in Ukraine

Published March 28, 2018 at 12:35 pm

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A cadet of the Golitsyn Border Service Institute of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has applied for a refugee status in Ukraine.

Assistant Chairman and Spokesperson of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Oleh Slobodian said this in a commentary to an Ukrinform correspondent.