Russia: Follow up to RUS29987.E of 13 August 1998 on whether a Russian citizen living in Moldova, in possession of a valid external (international) USSR passport issued in 1997, who has never lived in Russia, requires relatives in Russia or needs to own property in Russia in order to have access to all the rights and obligations of full Russian citizenship; the requirements for this person to obtain a propiska
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS30021.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Follow up to RUS29987.E of 13 August 1998 on whether a Russian citizen living in Moldova, in possession of a valid external (international) USSR passport issued in 1997, who has never lived in Russia, requires relatives in Russia or needs to own property in Russia in order to have access to all the rights and obligations of full Russian citizenship; the requirements for this person to obtain a propiska, 1 August 1998, RUS30021.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab028a.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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According to Vladimir Mukomel, Deputy Director of the Centre for Ethnic, Political and Regional Studies in Moscow,
if [a] person received a passport in [a] Russian embassy it means that this passport was given to him as a Russian citizen and ... Russian citizenship has been indicated in it. In this case when he/she will come to Russia for permanent residence he/she can receive an internal passport. To receive this passport he/she ought to have a mark about removal from register in diplomatic representatives or the consulate of Russian Federation. (The Instruction on delivery, replacement, accounting and custody of passports of R.F. [Russian Federation] Appendix to the Order of MIA [Ministry of Interior] of Russia from Sept.,15, 1997, N 605, item 35). If this person has no place of residence in Russia he/she can apply to the passport and visa department of MIA of the place of stay for receiving or changing the passport (item 36 of Instruction). This Instruction was published [in]:
1. "Courier" (Kurier), N 36, 14.11.1997, appendix to the newspaper "Russian news" (Rossiyskie vesti)
2."Bulletin of the normative statements of federal executive power organizations" (Bulleten normativnih aktov federalnih organov ispolnitelnoy vlasti) N 22, 1997 (Mukomel 20 Aug. 1998).
This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Deputy Director, Centre for Ethnic, Political and Regional Studies, Moscow. 20 August 1998. E-mail communication.
