Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Wednesday on the introduction, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, of the Institute of Repatriation into the state program. It comes into force on January 1, 2024.
«The Decree includes among repatriates not only Russian citizens permanently residing abroad as of February 24, 2022, but also other persons from among their compatriots. Among them : those who have renounced citizenship of the Russian Federation, who were born or permanently resided on the territory of the RSFSR, who have relatives in a direct ascending line, who were born or permanently resided on the territory of the RSFSR or territories that belonged to the Russian Empire or the USSR within the state border of the Russian Federation and who had the appropriate citizenship.»< /p>
For this category of migrants, Zakharova clarified, various benefits and social support measures are provided, depending on the mechanism of participation in the state program they choose.