The federal act regarding Russian citizenship (2002) was amended several times to allow former Soviet citizens who had had their permanent residence registered on July 1, 2002 to apply for Russian citizenship.
Undang-undang federal tentang kewarganegaraan Rusia (2002) telah beberapa kali diubah untuk memungkinkan warga negara bekas Soviet yang telah memiliki status penduduk permanen mereka terdaftar per tanggal 1 Juli 2002 untuk mengajukan permohonan kewarganegaraan Rusia.