Irina Barakat granted Russian citizenship 2018-06-25 16:20:00 Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship. In accordance with Article 89, Section A of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to Irina Barakat, born on September 29, 1980, in Ukraine. * * * During the Direct Line broadcast in June, military interpreter Irina Barakat asked Vladimir Putin to grant her Russian citizenship. Irina Barakat is recovering from a serious injury she received in Aleppo, Syria. Russian citizenship will help here receive medical aid in full and also invite her family, which remains in Syria, to Russia.