Russia: Possibility of sending identity documents out of Russia, by either mail, courier or other means, i.e. by having someone related or not carry the documents outside the country when they travel abroad; whether documents are routinely or ever seized at airports (2001)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 22 August 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS37242.E |
| Reference | 7 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Possibility of sending identity documents out of Russia, by either mail, courier or other means, i.e. by having someone related or not carry the documents outside the country when they travel abroad; whether documents are routinely or ever seized at airports (2001) , 22 August 2001, RUS37242.E , available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4bea18.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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There was no mention of any restrictions on sending identity documents out of Russia by mail in the current federal Law on Postal Communications (Zakon O pochtovoy svyazi) adopted on 24 June 1999, in Resolution No. 725, Confirmation of the Rules on the Provision of Postal Services (Ob utverzhdenii Pravil okazaniya uslug pochtovoy svyazi) issued by the federal government on 26 September 2000 which updates Resolution No. 1239 cited in RUS32080.E of 2 July 1999 nor was there any mention in a list of objects which may not be sent by mail, as posted on the Website of the St-Petersburg Directorate of the Federal Postal Communications (Upravlenie federalnoy pochtovoy svyazi Sankt-Peterburga).
There was no mention of any restrictions on sending identity documents out of Russia by mail, courier or other means in the current federal Customs Code (Tamozhennyi Kodeks) N 5221-1 adopted on 18 June 1993.
Information on whether documents are seized at airports in Russia could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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.
References
Russia. Law on Postal Communications (Zakon O pochtovoy svyazi). 24 June 1999.
_____. Resolution No. 725. Confirmation of the Rules on the Provision of Postal Services (Ob utverzhdenie Pravil okazaniya uslug pochtovoy svyazi). 26 September 2000.
_____. Customs Code (Tamozhennyi kodeks) With Amendments to 10 February 1999. 18 June 1993.
St-Petersburg Directorate of the Federal Postal Communications (Upravlenie federalnoy pochtovoy svyazi Sankt-Peterburga). n.d. Regulations and Legislation on Postal Service (Pochtovye pravila and pochtovoe zakonodatelstvo).
Additional Sources Consulted
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Ottawa Regional and District Offices
Canada Post
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office in Moscow
Lexis/Nexis
Directorate of the Postal Communications within the Ministry of Communications and Computerization of the Russian Federation (Upravlenye pochtovoy svyazi Ministerstva RF po svyazi i informatizatsii)
Moscow International Post Office (Mezhdunarodnyi pochtamt goroda Moskva)
Union postale universelle [Bern]
World Customs Organization [Brussels]
Four oral sources did not have any information on the subject.
Four oral sources did not reply within the time constraints.
Internet sources, including:
Inforis (legal database)
Rossiiskaya Gazeta [Moscow]
Rossiiskoye Zakonodatelstvo (legal database)