The draft law provides for preferences in granting a residence permit to citizens who were subjected to illegal deportation from the territory of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic or to their relatives (grandmother, grandfather, father, mother, husband, wife, children, grandchildren, brother, sister, adoptive parent).
The Draft Federal Law, “On Amending Articles 8 and 9 of the Federal Law ‘On the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals in the Russian Federation’” (hereinafter referred to as the draft law), was developed by the Federal Migration Service in keeping with Russian Presidential Executive Order No 268 of 21 April 2014, “On Measures to Exonerate the Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Italian, Crimean Tatar, and German Peoples and on State Support for their Revival and Development.”
The draft law provides for preferences in granting a residence permit to citizens who were subjected to illegal deportation from the territory of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic or to their relatives (grandmother, grandfather, father, mother, husband, wife, children, grandchildren, brother, sister, adoptive parent).
The draft law is designed to restore historical justice and the political, social and cultural revival of those who were subjected to illegal deportation and political repression on ethnic and other grounds.
According to preliminary estimates, there are about 40,000 such people.
Under the draft law, such citizens will be granted a preferential right to receive a permanent residence permit without a temporary residence permit, provided they present an exoneration certificate issued by internal affairs agencies or prosecutor’s offices of the Russian Federation or a court of law in accordance with the RSFSR Law, “On the Exoneration of Victims of Political Repression” No 1761-1 of 18 October 1991.
The draft law was considered and approved at a Government meeting on 16 November 2015.