OREANDA-NEWS. August 22, 2013. According to the Embassy of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, the Federal Law "On amendments to some legislative acts of the Russian Federation" and the Federal Law "On amendments to some legislative acts of the Russian Federation regarding improvement immigration legislation and the liability for its violation" came into force in the Russian Federation.

In particular, amendments of the first mentioned laws set a possibility to limit the rights of foreign citizens to enter the Russian Federation, if he two or more times within three years was brought to administrative responsibility in Russia, and if a foreign national is transferred to a foreign state in accordance with international treaty on readmission.

Enter to the Russian Federation is forbidden to a foreign citizen, if a decision about deportation, readmission or administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation is made regarding to him, or during his previous stay in Russia, he was transferred by the Russian Federation to a foreign country pursuant to an international treaty of the Russian Federation on readmission, or has not canceled or has outstanding conviction for committing an intentional crime, or two or more times within a year was brought to administrative responsibility.

In the case of re-making regarding foreign national decision on deportation, readmission or administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation, the term of restriction on his right to enter the Russian Federation will be ten years.

By changes to the second mentioned Legislative Act it is provided a ban on entry to the Russian Federation in the event that a foreign citizen or stateless person declined to pay tax or administrative penalty or didn’t recompense for the costs associated with administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation or deportation till the relevant payment will be made in full.

Work permit to a foreign citizen is not issued, and previously issued permit is canceled if the foreign citizen for five years before the day of application for a work permit was subjected to administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation, deportation or was transferred by the  Russian Federation to a foreign country under an international treaty of the Russian Federation on readmission or within ten years before the day of application for a work permit, repeatedly (two or more times) was subjected to administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation, deportation or was transmitted by Russia to a foreign country pursuant to an international treaty Federation on readmission.