Russia: Information on the procedures and requirements for citizenship acquisition and reacquisition; on whether a person born in the Ukrainian portion of the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s (whose father was a Soviet citizen and is now a Ukrainian citizen) and who resided there until the late 1980s, when another citizenship was acquired, would have a claim to Russian citizenship
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS22867.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Information on the procedures and requirements for citizenship acquisition and reacquisition; on whether a person born in the Ukrainian portion of the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s (whose father was a Soviet citizen and is now a Ukrainian citizen) and who resided there until the late 1980s, when another citizenship was acquired, would have a claim to Russian citizenship, 1 January 1996, RUS22867.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abb17e.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For a copy of the Russian Federation Citizenship Act and amendments that came into effect in June 1993, please consult Response to Information Request RUS17206.E of 14 June 1994. For information on that act, please consult the UNHCR attachment of July 1993, and the Council of Europe's European Bulletin on Nationality attachment of January 1995. Information on whether there have been additional amendments to the Citizenship Act, on reacquisition of Russian citizenship, and on the particular case mentioned above, could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachments
Council of Europe. January 1995. European Bulletin on Nationality. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, pp. 157-59.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). July 1993. Nationality Laws in Former USSR Republics. Geneva: UNHCR, pp. 59-67.
Other Sources Consulted
Oral sources.