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Russian citizenship law details the conditions by which a person holds citizenship of Russia.The primary law governing citizenship requirements is the federal law "On Citizenship of the Russian Federation" (Russian: О гражданстве Российской Федерации, O grazhdanstve Rossiyskoy Federacii), which came into force on 1 July 2002.
Immigration to Russia involves foreign citizens (or people without any citizenship) seeking permanent residence in the territory of the Russian Federation.Historically, Russian empire was one of the World's leading destination for immigrants starting with the reign of Peter I in ca. 1700, and especially after the ascension of Catherine II to the Russian throne in 1762, until the October ...
17 June-ongoing – 2024 Russian botulism outbreak: One person dies in Kostroma, [96] while at least 150 people are hospitalised in Moscow following an outbreak of suspected botulism that is blamed on salads prepared by a food delivery company. [97] Eighteen people are also hospitalised in Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan over the same incident. [98]
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree that speeds up a path to Russian citizenship for foreigners who enlist in the country's military amid the 22-month-old war in Ukraine. The move ...
Russia’s 2024 presidential election isn't expected to bring change to the Kremlin. With most opposition figures either in jail or abroad and many independent media outlets blocked, the Kremlin ...
In 2018 Putin claimed he would not hold the presidency for more than two consecutive terms and denied the possibility of his participation in the 2024 election. [12] [13] Amendments to the Constitution of Russia solved the so-called "2024 problem" [14] regarding the end of Putin's presidential term in that year. [15]
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR) in December 1991, about 25 million ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states found themselves living outside of Russia.. All former Soviet citizens had a time window within which they could transfer their former Soviet citizenship to Russian citizenship.
January 9, 2024 at 1:49 AM (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to U.S. boxer Kevin Johnson and Canadian ice hockey player Brendan Leipsic under a decree ...