The Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia on the settlement of issues of dual citizenship will provide citizens with additional social guarantees, President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov said.
According to him, the adoption of the document is expected this year.
The head of state commented on the order signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the signing of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia on the settlement of issues of dual citizenship.
“We understand very well that this Agreement will make life easier for the citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia. This is a serious solution for the population of South Ossetia to the problem of acquiring citizenship of the Russian Federation, which is connected both with the provision of social protection for citizens of the Russian Federation and with the possibility of receiving Russian pensions. that the legal issues related to the signing of this document will be resolved in the near future and the citizens of our country will be able to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner, "Bibilov said, according to his press service.
He has stressed that South Ossetia has been moving towards signing an agreement with Russia on dual citizenship since 2008 - the moment of recognition of the independence of the Republic by the Russian Federation.
"The work on signing the relevant interstate agreement has been going on all this time. We discussed this issue during a meeting with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in 2018. Then the corresponding instructions were given to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia to work out these documents," the head of state said ...
This (instructions - ed.), According to Bibilov, was done, the documents went through all the approvals.
According to the draft agreement between the Russian Federation and South Ossetia, citizens of one side have the right to acquire the citizenship of the other side without renouncing their citizenship. Russia grants the citizens of South Ossetia (at the time of the republic's recognition on August 26, 2008) who have reached the age of majority, the right to apply for admission to Russian citizenship in a simplified manner.
In this case, the conditions for admission to citizenship, the procedure for submitting applications for admission, the list of documents to be provided and the procedure for considering applications are established by the President of Russia.
