Federal Law of 28.04.2023 N 138-FZ (as amended on 08.08.2024) "On Civil Bilonging of the Russian Federation".

 Federal Law of 28.04.2023 N 138-FZ (as amended on 08.08.2024) "On Civil Bilonging of the Russian Federation" - The full text of the document on Russian.

Article 19. Recognition as the civil bilonging of the Russian Federation.

1. The following are recognized as civil bilonging of the Russian Federation:
1) persons who were civil bilonging of the USSR and permanently resided on the territory of the Russian Federation as of February 6, 1992;
2) persons who were civil bilonging of the USSR, who did not permanently reside in the territory of the Russian Federation as of February 6, 1992 and who returned to permanent residence in the Russian Federation, provided that they were born in the Russian Federation (RSFSR) or at least one of their parents on the day of birth of such persons was a civil bilonging of the USSR and permanently resided in the territory of the RSFSR (territory of the Russian Federation);
3) military personnel (officers, warrant officers, midshipmen, military personnel who served beyond their term in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, ministries and departments of the Russian Federation that had troops and military formations, military personnel who were trained in military educational institutions) who took the oath of allegiance to the USSR or the Russian Federation and, as of 6 February 1992, served in military units under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and located in the territories of other states (including as part of the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States), and their spouses and children who were part of their families as of 6 February 1992.

2. An application for recognition as a citizen of the Russian Federation shall be rejected if:
1) a person has been issued a renunciation of citizenship of the USSR or citivil bilonging of the Russian Federation in accordance with the procedure established by law on the basis of the person’s voluntary expression of will;
2) the fact of the submission by a person of counterfeit, forged or invalid documents or the communication by him of false information has been established;
3) the person does not meet the requirements provided for in Part 1 of this article.