Despite the fact that in the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties in communication between countries, the special decree of the President of the Russian Federation had facilitated the migration regime, the Russian courts continue to make decisions…
After the president issued orders regulating the status of foreign nationals during the pandemic, Russia’s Federal Bailiffs Service (FBS) took steps last summer and fall to expel many foreign nationals being held in Centers for Temporary Detention of Foreign Nationals…
Deficiencies in the Russian legislation create conditions for systemic discrimination against foreigners and stateless persons, as the courts rule on their expulsion from the country even in cases where such expulsion is not possible, which in turn leads to long…
In June 2020, Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” secured release from temporary detention centre for foreign nationals of two natives of Ukraine, who for various reasons could not be expelled from the Russian Federation. Unfortunately, people like them continue to be deprived…
Rustamjon S., a citizen of Tajikistan, was banned from entering the Russian Federation at the end of 2017 for the reason of a minor violation of traffic rules. This decision of the Russian immigration authorities became almost a disaster for…
The practice of the Russian courts in legal cases regarding the placement of stateless persons into temporary detention centres for foreign nationals remains contradictory. It would seem that the decision of the Constitutional Court in the case of Noe Mskhiladze,…
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