State Duma committee approves bill on fines for hiding dual citizenshipThe State Duma Committee on Constitutional Law and State Development has supported a bill on penalties for concealing dual citizenship, committee head Vladimir Pligin told journalists on Monday.11:49 12.05.2014
Putin signs citizenship facilitation law for Russian speakersPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a citizenship facilitation law for compatriots who speak Russian fluently and who live/lived in the Soviet Union or in the pre-1917 revolution Russian Empire within the state borders of modern Russia.11:48 21.04.2014
Crimeans opting out of Russian citizenship have 3 weeks to goCrimean authorities have extended the period in which Crimeans can void the citizenships of Russian Federation for three more weeks, according to the statement posted on the Ministers Council’s Facebook.16:21 18.04.2014
Russian passports issued to more than 25,000 CrimeansAbout 25,000 Crimeans have received Russian passports, said Fyodor Karpovets, head of the Russian Federal Migration Service’ passport department.15:02 02.04.2014
Khodorkovsky receives residence permit in SwitzerlandMikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of Russia’s largest oil producer Yukos, has been granted residency in Switzerland, the Swiss telegraphic agency (ATS) announced on Sunday, citing Martin Reichlin, a spokesman for the country’s federal migration office (FOM).10:11 31.03.2014
Crimea self-defense activist to be stripped of Latvian citizenship - reportThe Latvian Department of Citizenship and Immigration Issues has begun the citizenship revocation process for Benes Aijo, activist in the Crimean self-defense forces, Delfi online media reports Tuesday quoting department spokesperson Zane Zeimule.17:40 25.03.2014
Russian parliament reviews citizenship for foreign investors billThe Russian Government has forwarded for the State Duma's review a bill on granting citizenship to foreigners who invest more than 10 million rubles (over $274,888) in Russia, or who have a Russian diploma and have worked here for at least three years, RIA Novosti reports Tuesday.12:01 04.03.2014
Russia may simplify procedure to admit new constituent members - reportThe State Duma can be encouraged to simplify the procedure for admitting new constituent members to Russia in view of the dramatic developments in Ukraine, Kommersant newspaper writes citing its sources.11:10 28.02.2014
Russian State Duma proposes fast-track citizenship for UkrainiansAt a recent plenary meeting of the State Duma, A Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov proposed that the citizenship procedure for Ukrainian nationals should be simplified, taking no longer than six months.12:16 25.02.2014
New bill would simplify Russian citizenship for foreign investors - reportRussia’s Federal Migration Service and Economic Development Ministry have drafted a law on granting citizenship to foreigners who invest more than 10 million rubles (over $287,000) in Russia, or who have a Russian diploma and have worked here for at least three years.10:40 12.02.2014
Fugitive businessman Polonsky plans to get Israeli passportBusinessman Sergei Polonsky, who has been charged in absentia with embezzling 5.7 billion rubles ($177.5 million), is hoping to become an Israeli national, lawyer Diana Tatosova told RAPSI.10:31 20.06.2013