The Federation Council approved at a meeting on Friday, April 23, a bill prohibiting state and municipal employees to have foreign citizenship or a residence permit abroad.
The law prohibits the admission to state and municipal positions in Russia of candidates who have foreign citizenship, a residence permit or other document confirming the right to permanently reside in the territory of another country.
It is envisaged that the law will apply to employees of the state civil service. Civil servants will be required to inform about the termination of Russian citizenship or the acquisition of another document confirming the right to reside abroad.
In addition, the prohibition is valid for positions that imply the registration of admission to state secrets.
At the same time, employees undertake to inform management about the acquisition of foreign citizenship by their spouses or the execution of other documents that allow them to permanently reside abroad. …
The decree also regulates the dismissal of civil servants who did not provide confirmation of their lack of foreign citizenship within six months after the entry into force of the law.
However, the bill will not apply to residents of Crimea who are unable to file a renunciation of Ukrainian citizenship.
The law goes to the president for signature.
The draft law was submitted to the State Duma at the end of November by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The presidential bill was backed by the Russian government in January.
Earlier, the head of the Federation Council committee on constitutional legislation and state construction, Andrei Klishas, reported that more stringent requirements for parliamentarians at the stage of their nomination will be set in new bills developed in connection with amendments to the Russian Constitution.
In September 2020, Putin submitted to the State Duma a package of bills aimed at implementing amendments to the Constitution. According to the Russian leader, the essence and meaning of the innovations is to fix the foundations of the country’s sustainable development for decades.