Athletistic/MMA. World kickboxing champion and MMA fighter Konstantin Glukhov told Match TV that he was very happy to receive a Russian passport, because he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

On Friday, Glukhov, who renounced his Latvian citizenship, received a Russian passport from the Migration Department of the Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry in Moscow. The athlete said he became the first to receive citizenship under the new federal repatriation program. Previously, Glukhov repeatedly performed at Russian tournaments and held main fights in the M-1 and Fight Nights promotions.

— An exciting and joyful moment, finally a long way has been covered. I’ve wanted to do this for ten years, there have been difficulties, but now I’m happy. “I always wanted to live in my homeland, in Russia, to be its citizen,” Glukhov told Match TV.

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