.Head Of State Vladimir Putin on Thursday granted Russian citizenship to 22 immigrants featuring a Serbian national who said he encountered prosecution in his native nation for fighting on Russia's edge in Ukraine.Aleksandar Jokic documented a video beauty to Putin this spring to talk to the Russian head of state to help him steer clear of offering 25 years in Serbian prison on mercenarism costs through giving him a Russian passport.Jokic's instance triggered Russian legislators to occupy regulations banning the extradition of immigrants subject to criminal prosecution in their nations for taking part in what the Kremlin names its own "special military function" in Ukraine.Putin in January streamlined the citizenship method for immigrants that sign up with the Russian military.However Jokic claimed in his video recording charm that he had been actually denied Russian citizenship for 3 years since the device he defended was based in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.French media has stated that Jokic's device OBTF Waterfall may have been actually established through a past Russian legislator as well as member of the judgment, pro-Kremlin United Russia people.Jokic said he faced expulsion to Serbia after his device was actually expected to become dissolved in April.Putin's decree posted Thursday on an official website of Russian legislative acts explains that Jokic was born in Serbia on Jan. 26, 2003.Serbia has actually punished the Russian intrusion of Ukraine at the United Nations but has regularly rejected to assent Moscow, with whom it possesses welcoming relationships.Belgrade has warned Serbs that signing up with Russia's powers against Kyiv would result in legal repercussions. It has likewise asked Moscow to finish its tries to employ Serbs to fight in Ukraine as aspect of the notorious Wagner mercenary team.