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    Russian citizenship law details the conditions by which a person holds citizenship of Russia. The primary law governing citizenship requirements is the...
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  • one can receive citizenship of Russia after five years of residence and after passing an exam in Russian language. Immigration to Russia is regulated by...
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  • term citizenship to refer to nationality, these two notions being conceptually different dimensions of collective membership. Generally citizenships have...
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    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel...
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    Soviet form of government), established citizenship of Russia and stated that the RSFSR shall retain the right of free secession from the USSR. On 12 June...
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    natural-born citizenship of Russia, available upon request, as provided by the law "On the RSFSR Citizenship" in force up to the end of 2000. Historically...
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  • and citizenship law as a national or citizen of that country. There is no international convention that determines the nationality or citizenship status...
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    naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired...
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  • The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing...
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    German citizenship ("administrative resettlers"), but after the end of the war they were forcibly repatriated to Russia. Only in the context of Ostpolitik...
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    nationality. The two primary pieces of legislation governing these requirements are the Constitution of India and the Citizenship Act, 1955. All persons born...
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    Gérard Depardieu (category Naturalised citizens of Russia)
    Depardieu is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite. He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013 (officially...
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    Mikhail Veller (category People listed in Russia as foreign agents)
    Russian writer of Ukrainian Jewish extraction. He holds a dual citizenship of Russia and Estonia. Veller was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR...
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    republics to obtain Russian citizenship, have gained strong interest among Russian-speaking residents of those countries (i.e. Russians, Germans, Belarusians...
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    Soviet citizenship to Russian citizenship.[citation needed] Where they did not exercise that choice, their resulting citizenship status outside Russia varied...
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  • Renunciation of citizenship is the voluntary loss of citizenship. It is the opposite of naturalization, whereby a person voluntarily obtains citizenship. It is...
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    Transnistrian citizenship, most Transnistrians have Moldovan citizenship but many also have Russian, Romanian, or Ukrainian citizenship. The main ethnic...
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    European Union citizenship is afforded to all nationals of member states of the European Union (EU). It was formally created with the adoption of the 1992 Maastricht...
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    Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is a form of permanent residency available to people of Indian origin and their spouses which allows them to live and...
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  • Ilya Sutskever (category Articles containing Russian-language text)
    holds citizenships in Russia, Israel, and Canada. He has made several major contributions to the field of deep learning. In 2023, Sutskever was one of the...
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    acquired foreign citizenship or applied for such status were deprived of Russian/Soviet citizenship by decree in 1933. The first piece of legislation governing...
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    worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer any change to citizenship or nationality. Honorary Canadian citizenship requires...
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    operations. Since 1992, Russia has allowed Tajik nationals dual citizenship of Russia and Tajikistan. On May 25, 1993, a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation...
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    Italian nationality law is the law of Italy governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Italian citizenship. Like many continental European countries...
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    applying for Russian citizenship, but that they "remain Americans, raising our son with all the values of the America we love". Russia first received...
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    Anna Chapman (category People who lost British citizenship)
    revoked her British citizenship and excluded her from the country. Since her return to Russia, Chapman has worked in a variety of fields, including for...
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    in international treaties when referring to members of a state; citizenship refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation. The term...
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    formulate new policies, including in the areas of citizenship and language. Some of the Baltic Russians, mainly those who had come to live in the region...
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    which a person is a national of Australia. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, which came into force...
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    Paul Whelan (security director) (category People with acquired American citizenship)
    with U.S., British, Irish, and Canadian citizenship. He was arrested in Russia on December 28, 2018, and accused of spying. On June 15, 2020, he received...
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