American sportsman competing in MMA Jeff Monson expressed a desire to obtain Russian citizenship under the simplified scheme following the Boxing legend Roy Johnson.
According to Russian media it was stated by head of the Supreme Council of the Liberal -Democratic Party of the Russian Federation Igor Lebedev. According to him the corresponding letter has been sent to the Ministry of sports and to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. However the response has not yet been received.
“I think that the issue will be resolved positively, and in a simplified manner the Monson will get citizenship,” hoped Lebedev.
t turns out that Monson had applied for Russian citizenship in 2014.that Monson had applied for Russian citizenship in 2014. And in June this year the fighter met with the head of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, asking assistance in solving this issue. Then the politician promised to help the sportsman.
Recall that the American repeatedly has been recognized to be sympathetic to Russia. For example, in May last year he supported the action “Georgievsky ribbon”, and he entered the ring under the anthem of the Soviet Union and so under the anthem of Donbas.
