Both Ukrainians and Russians filing for Czech citizenship as war drags

About 5, 000 foreigners are granted Czech citizenship every year, according to Interior Ministry statistics cited by Czech Television.  Most of them are Ukrainians, Slovaks and Russians, whose interest in Czech citizenship has increased since the Kremlin launched a war on Ukraine. In 2023 over one thousand Russians obtained Czech passports, which is a 50 percent increase on the previous year. Foreigners are eligible to file for citizenship after having resided in the country for a minimum of ten years and must pass a Czech language test in order to obtain it.