Muslims of Crimea who intend to make Hajj to Mecca, get visas at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Moscow. It tells about that Riyadh de facto confesses Crimeans as Russians.
At the same time, as it is reported that in the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea, the Saudi Authorities do not officially recognize the Crimea as a Russian region, however, they draw up documents for the inhabitants of the peninsula without any participation of the diplomatic mission in Kiev.
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Moscow has also confirmed that they issue visas to residents of Crimea as citizens of the Russian Federation.
The newspaper Izvestia reports according to the SMR, this practice has begun immediately after the reunification of the Crimea with Russia.
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