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The deputies of the State Duma have approved a bill that allows applicants to not refuse a foreign citizenship when applying for Russian one, RIA Novosti reports. The second and third readings of the document proposed by the Government of the Russian Federation took place on Friday, April 17.
Up until now foreigners, who are willing to get the Russian citizenship, must confirm that they have applied for a renunciation of their former citizenship. The new law excludes this requirement.
According to the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, the importance of the document cannot be overestimated. The politician emphasized that the law primarily concerns compatriots abroad.
In addition, the document revokes the requirement stating that the applicant for the Russian citizenship should live in the country for no less than three years. Another change concerns the need for a legitimate source of livelihood for stateless adults if they had USSR citizenship, lived or live in the countries that were part of it, without obtaining citizenship there. These requirements are also excluded foreigners married to citizens of the Russian Federation on condition of living in Russia and having common children, as well as foreigners, who have at least one parent with the Russian citizenship living in the country.
The State Duma also allowed foreigners working in Russia to renew their patent without leaving the country.
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