Russian Consulate General in Kyrgyzstan confirms St. Pete suspected terror act organizer was granted Russian citizenship in 2013
OSH. April 18 (Interfax) - The suspected organizer of the April 3 bomb attack in St. Petersburg metro system, Abror Azimov, received a Kyrgyz passport in 2008, but acquired Russian citizenship five years later, a source in law enforcement agencies in southern Kyrgyzstan told Interfax on Tuesday.
The preliminary information available indicates that after receiving a Kyrgyz passport at the age of 18, Azimov left Kyrgyzstan's Jalal-Abad region, where he was born, and headed to Russia, where he resided permanently and visited his home country once a year at most, the source said.
"Azimov received a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation in 2013," he said.
For his part, a spokesman for the Russian Consulate General in Osh told Interfax that "such a man is present on the database for persons who have received citizenship via the Consulate General in the city of Osh."
"He was granted citizenship in 2013 via our Consulate General. We are now reviewing this information for compliance," he said.