Citizenship

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Putin simplifies access to Russian citizenship for Ukrainians

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed an order simplifying the procedure of obtainment of citizenship for residents of Ukraine and Donbass.

16:07 11.07.2022

Russia offers fast-track citizenship to orphans from LPR, DPR, Ukraine

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree simplifying the process for children from orphanages in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Ukraine to acquire Russian citizenship.

10:53 03.06.2022

State Duma backs legislative proposal to ban officials from holding dual citizenship

The State Duma adopted a draft law prohibiting state and municipal officials to hold dual citizenship in the third and final reading on Tuesday.

13:49 20.04.2021

Russian lawmakers take stride to ban officials from holding dual citizenship

The State Duma passed a Presidential bill prohibiting state and municipal officials to hold dual citizenship in the first reading on Wednesday.

14:28 20.01.2021

Russia’s Ministers back bill prohibiting officials to hold dual citizenship

Russia’s Government has backed a Presidential bill prohibiting state and municipal officials to hold dual citizenship.

15:19 11.01.2021

Bill banning officials from having dual citizenship reaches Russia’s State Duma

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill prohibiting people having a dual citizenship or foreign residence permit from holding public offices to the State Duma.

11:11 01.12.2020

Foreigners acquiring Russian citizenship to be subject to obligatory dactyloscopy - bill

The State Duma adopted a bill on obligatory fingerprinting for foreigners acquiring Russian citizenship in a final third reading on Tuesday

14:40 23.06.2020

Bill on simplified access to Russian citizenship becomes law

The law simplifying the procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship by foreigners on Friday was enacted by President Vladimir Putin.

13:03 24.04.2020

Simplified access to Russian citizenship approved by State Duma lawmakers

A draft law simplifying the procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship by foreigners was passed by the State Duma on Friday.

14:57 17.04.2020

Bill simplifying access to Russian citizenship reaches State Duma

The Government has submitted a bill simplifying a procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship by foreigners to the lower house of parliament.

13:50 07.04.2020

Foreign citizenship ban for Russian ombudsman may be fixed in Constitution

A proposal to fix a ban on foreign citizenship for Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Constitution has been submitted to the State Duma Committee for State Building and Legislation prior to the second reading of the bill on the Constitution amending in the lower house of parliament.

17:12 02.03.2020

Moskalkova claims prosecution of Crimeans by Ukraine must be dismissed

Ukrainian authorities must dismiss criminal prosecution of Crimeans as the citizenship choice is not a crime, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova said during the Ombudsmen Coordination Council’s session on Wednesday.

13:24 11.12.2019

Rights advocate supports bill revoking Russian language exam for Ukrainians, Belarusians

A member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod has favored a bill giving Ukrainians and Belarusians a chance to receive Russian citizenship without a language exam.

17:22 06.11.2019

Number of citizenship and migration complaints drops – Russian ombudsman

The number of complaints concerning citizenship and external migration submitted to Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has decreased.

16:45 29.10.2019

Ukrainians, Belarusians may be declared native speakers of Russian without exam - bill

Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill envisages recognition of Ukrainian and Belarusian nationals fluent in Russian language as native speakers without interview passing to the State Duma.

17:45 22.10.2019

Simplified Russian citizenship granting order proposed for foreign higher-ed graduates

Russia’s Interior Ministry is developing a bill on simplified procedure of granting citizenship to foreign graduates of Russian higher educational institutions,.

10:00 12.09.2019

Putin improves access to Russian citizenship for Ukrainian nationals

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree providing for possible obtaining Russian citizenship not only by residents of Donetsk and Lugansk People Republics but for all people who had earlier lived in these Ukrainian regions.

10:49 18.07.2019

Skilled foreign specialists to take up Russian citizenship under simplified procedure

Highly qualified foreign specialists will be able to obtain Russian citizenship under the simplified procedure, according to the law signed by President Vladimir Putin.

17:32 03.07.2019

Duma adopts simplified citizenship conferment procedure for skilled foreign specialists

The State Duma, the lower house of parliament, passed a bill simplifying a procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship by highly qualified foreign specialists in a final third reading on Tuesday.

13:31 25.06.2019

Simplified procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship proposed for foreign compatriots

Russia’s government has submitted to the State Duma a bill streamlining the procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship for members of the state program on resettlement of compatriots living abroad.

12:35 27.08.2018