From Moscow Times:
“Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to Share Data with Moscow on
Anti-War Russians, Conscripts”
Under the agreement, each country will share information on
the residence status, citizenship, migration registration, visas, property,
criminal records and identity documents of individuals living within their
borders. “Today we received notifications from the Republic of Kazakhstan and
the Russian Federation regarding the completion of the necessary procedures for
the agreement to come into effect," the Kyrgyz presidential office said. The
agreement will enter into force on July 21, or 30 days after Kyrgyzstan’s
ratification.
The data transfer was authorized under a mutual legal
assistance agreement signed by the three countries in December 2020. Russia and
Kazakhstan ratified the agreement in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Kyrgyzstan's ratification of the data-sharing agreement
raises questions over the safety of the tens of thousands of Russian nationals
who sought refuge in the two Central Asian states following the invasion of
Ukraine, either in opposition to the war or in fear of being mobilized. Earlier
this month, Kyrgyzstan launched a facial-recognition system that local law
enforcement agencies use to search for individuals wanted in Commonwealth of
Independent States member countries. The 24.kg news website, citing the Kyrgyz
Interior Ministry, reported that Russian security forces have shared data on
over 85,000 internationally wanted individuals with Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan this month deported Alexei Rozhkov, a Russian
anti-war activist who was wanted in his home country for setting fire to a
military enlistment office in March 2022 to protest the invasion of Ukraine. He
is currently in pre-trial detention in Russia. In September 2022, a Russian
journalist who was wanted on charges of "discrediting" the Russian
military was detained in Kazakhstan.
^ This is only pushing Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan closer to
Russian Control as well as those two countries aiding in Russia’s War in
Ukraine. ^
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