State Duma Deputy Konstantin Zatulin (United Russia) submitted a draft law on repatriation to the lower house of parliament.
Citizens of Belarus and Ukraine who want to become citizens of Russia will be able to obtain a Russian passport without renouncing their own citizenship and without having ancestors who previously lived in the territory of the modern Russian Federation.
The draft law provides for two criteria for recognizing the right to repatriation for foreign citizens and stateless persons: compliance with the definition of a compatriot and fluency in Russian.
"Compatriots are proposed to consider people who themselves or whose ascending relatives (ancestors) lived in the territory of the modern Russian Federation, as well as Ukrainians and Belarusians who themselves or their ancestors could not live on the territory of the Russian Federation," the deputy said.
According to him, if these people want and self-identify themselves as Russian compatriots, then Russia should "consider them as compatriots."
The draft law stipulates the procedure for filing documents for repatriation, the application of its rules in relation to family members of the repatriate, stipulates moving to permanent residence in the Russian Federation and the procedure for obtaining a residence permit. Separately, it is stipulated that "for the right to repatriation, the free use of the Russian language in family, household and cultural spheres is a prerequisite."
The draft law does not provide for additional measures of state support for compatriots.
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