{
  "id": 2133805,
  "title": "Russia plans to lower citizenship fees for residents of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria to $65, down from $600",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/russia-plans-to-lower-citizenship-fees-for-residents-of-abkhazia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:11:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/20/russia-plans-to-lower-citizenship-fees-for-residents-of-abkhazia-south-ossetia-and-transnistria-to-65-down-from-600"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia plans to lower the fee for citizenship applications filed by residents of partially recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia and unrecognized Transnistria, according to a draft government resolution prepared by the Foreign Ministry. The independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo drew attention to the document.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}