.Head Of State Vladimir Putin on Thursday gave Russian citizenship to 22 foreigners including a Serbian national who said he encountered prosecution in his native nation for dealing with on Russia's side in Ukraine.Aleksandar Jokic tape-recorded a video recording appeal to Putin this spring season to talk to the Russian president to assist him stay clear of providing 25 years in Serbian prison on mercenarism fees by offering him a Russian key.Jokic's case urged Russian lawmakers to take up regulation disallowing the extradition of foreigners subject to criminal prosecution in their countries for joining what the Kremlin names its own "exclusive military procedure" in Ukraine.Putin in January simplified the citizenship process for immigrants who sign up with the Russian army.Yet Jokic claimed in his video recording allure that he had been actually denied Russian citizenship for 3 years since the system he fought for was located in the Russian-occupied Donetsk location of far eastern Ukraine.French media has actually mentioned that Jokic's system OBTF Cascade may have been actually started through a previous Russian lawmaker and member of the judgment, pro-Kremlin United Russia party.Jokic claimed he faced extradition to Serbia after his system was expected to be dispersed in April.Putin's decree published Thursday on a formal internet site of Russian legal acts mentions that Jokic was birthed in Serbia on Jan. 26, 2003.Serbia has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations but has actually regularly refused to assent Moscow, along with whom it possesses welcoming associations.Belgrade has actually cautioned Serbs that participating in Russia's forces versus Kyiv would certainly cause lawful outcomes. It has likewise inquired Moscow to finish its own tries to recruit Serbs to overcome in Ukraine as portion of the well-known Wagner mercenary team.