did after he left hong kong by the time he reached moscow his passport was no longer valid camp rozental asylum that russia granted him be transformed into citizenship well not automatically according to russian laws an individual can apply for citizenship having resided in russia for five years. they're free to stay here for five years oh yes he's provisional asylum status is a legible for one year but it can be extended but i'd like to show a scan i was sent of some progress events permit. yes that's it. he said he's only id at the moment. yes that's his us it's used for a passport. and he can travel around russia with it right. yes but only inside russia only in russia he can use it to buy railway and airline tickets . received any offers of citizenship from other countries as a matter of fact going back to your question as to why it took so long edward applied for asylum to twenty one governments but it was legally wrong by law you can't seek asylum in another country from inside. but he wasn't a transit area technically that's still russian territory but he hadn't passed through bor