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Citizen abroad - citizens of the Russian Federation residing permanently outside the territory of the Russian Federation1.

Citizen abroad are also considered to be persons and their descendants residing outside the territory of the Russian Federation and belonging, as a rule, to the peoples historically living on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as persons who have freely chosen spiritual, cultural and legal ties with the Russian Federation, whose relatives in the direct line of descent previously lived on the territory of the Russian Federation, including2:

  1. Federal Law No. 99-FZ dated May 24, 1999 "On the State Policy of the Russian Federation with regard to compatriots abroad", as amended on July 23, 2010, Article 1, paragraph 2 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 1999. No. 22. Item 2670. ↩

  2. Federal Law of May 24, 1999 No. 99-FZ "On the State Policy of the Russian Federation with Respect to Compatriots Abroad", as amended on July 23, 2013, Article 1, paragraph 3 // RSZ RF. 1999. No. 22. Article 2670. ↩

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