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Under a new wave of immigration (part 2)

Based on how the situation is developing, one can confidently say that relations between Russia and Western countries are ruined for a long time. Even worse, trust in Russia is completely lost, and…

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Immigration

Language exam for labor migrants

Gzt.ru has obtained a draft of amendments to the law 'On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation', prepared in the Federation Council by Vice-Speaker Alexander Torshin and…

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Tourism

European Commission has drafted a tourist memo

"The customer is always right, especially when on holiday," - that's how one can summarize the content of the document prepared by the European Commission to help Europeans going on vacation. The…

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News

Favorite places of Russian tourists

Unlike boring Europeans, who absolutely love planning and booking, our compatriots prefer, having made a decision to travel in the evening, to set off there the next morning. And therefore the…

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News

Moscow to teach all willing illegal migrants to fight off police on the street

Illegal migrants of the Russian capital have a new social movement, "My Right." Every Saturday, free seminars will be held for all unregistered guests of Moscow to eliminate legal illiteracy. The…

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News

Russian citizenship cannot be bought

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News

New international-standard foreign passports in Russia

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News

In Russia, nearly 5 million illegal migrants

The number of illegal migrants in Russia today is about five million people, two-thirds of whom arrived from CIS countries. Such data from the migration service were presented at the central office…

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Visas

Migrants will have their own police

Russia's Interior Ministry is preparing a number of changes regarding migration legislation. According to Gazeta.Ru, police officers want to speed up the procedure for registration and processing of…

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News

Russia extended validity of Soviet passports

By a government decree, the validity of USSR citizen passports of the 1974 model for Russian citizens has been extended until July 1, 2004. As Interfax reports, this was announced by Deputy Minister…

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Immigration

The stamp and the sword of Russian migration

Russian authorities, it seems, intend to build migration policy strictly following the carrot-and-stick principle, writes Vremya Novostei. Speaking at an FSB board meeting, Vladimir Putin called for…

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Law zone

"Go back to your Ukraine!"

The adventures of foreigners in Russia are increasingly ending in deportation. The Moscow City Court is shortly to hear the case of Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Shelukhin, sentenced by the Zelenograd…

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