04.21.2014

Problems of Crimean residents

Review prepared by Bobrov E.A., the member of the Council, Gannushkina S.A., the head of the Network “Migration and Law” as well as by Ceytlina O.P., the lawyer of the Network. This is a review of the results of their visit to Simferopol and Sevastopol in the period between 15–18 April, 2014, meeting with state officers, journalists, human rights activists, lawyers and citizens.

Citizenship:
(Part 1/Art. 4–March 21, 2014 N6–FKZ federal constitutional law)

There were the following problems:

S1) Despite information on the FMS site, confirmation of residence and not only information about the registration of residents face challenges in issuing passports, many residents of the Crimea–citizens of Ukraine, foreign citizens and stateless persons permanently residing in Crimea, but do not have residence registration. In the Russian FMS divisions in Simferopol and Sevastopol there is no information about the possibility of this category acquiring citizenship in the Russian…