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1 July 2002. Status: Amended. 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 ...
- 31 May 2002
- President of Russia
Nationality law is the law of a sovereign state, and of each of its jurisdictions, that defines the legal manner in which a national identity is acquired and how it may be lost. In international law, the legal means to acquire nationality and formal membership in a nation are separated from the relationship between a national and the nation ...
May 1, 2020 · The new law, which will enter into force in three months, eliminates the current requirement that applicants renounce foreign citizenship to acquire citizenship of Russia. The current citizenship law (Federal Law No. 62-FZ of June 5, 2002, on Citizenship of the Russian Federation) (Law on Citizenship) provides for granting Russian citizenship ...
Since the fall of the Soviet Union that is no longer the case, and most scholars have classified the Russian legal system as a civil law system. However, there are problems with this new classification (similar to the ones that plagued Russia's classification as a socialist law country).
May 2, 2023 · April 28, 2023. 11:00. The Federal Law, taking into account the amendments made to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020 and the practice of implementing the state migration policy, systematises approaches regulating the acquisition and termination of the citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Oct 27, 2023 · October 27, 2023. By Ramesh Ganohariti (University of Leiden) On 26 October 2023, a new citizenship law took effect in Russia. The new law has been in the works since December 2021 and was signed by the President in April 2023. It replaces the heavily amended 2002 Law on citizenship.
A citizen of the Russian Federation may not be deprived of his (her) citizenship or of the right to change it. Article 7 1. The Russian Federation shall be a social state whose policy is aimed at creating conditions ensuring a worthy life and a free development of Man. 2. In the Russian Federation the labour and health of people shall be ...
