Russian Military Service

[Erika Haber]

Dear Seelangers:

In one of my classes this term I have a male heritage speaker, who left
Russia as a baby and now wants to go back to visit family this spring. He
holds dual citizenships: US and Russian. He has heard rumors that if he
tries to enter the country, his family will be asked to pay a bribe to
keep him from having to serve in the Russian military. Is there any way to
avoid this extortion? Does his US citizenship help in any way?

Any advice from your collective wisdom would be greatly appreciated on
this subject. 
Please reply off list to ehaber at syr.edu

Many thanks!
Erika

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Erika Haber
Associate Professor of Russian
Language, Literature & Culture
http://lang.syr.edu/languages/Russian/Russian-index.html
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Department
324 H.B. Crouse Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244  U.S.A
ehaber at syr.edu
315-443-4200

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