Information on whether a person who was born in Azerbaijan but moved to Russia as a child, and who left Russia in October 1991, is a citizen of Russia (the father was born in Russia and the mother was born in Azerbaijan) [RUS14099]

Article 13 of the Russian law on citizenship defines who was considered to be a citizen of Russia at the time the law was enacted (28 Nov. 1991). Please see the attached excerpt from this law.

Additional information on this subject is not currently available to the DIRB.

Reference

Law on Citizenship of the RSFSR. 28 November 1991. In Rossiiskaia Gazeta, 6 February 1992. (Unofficial translation)

Attachment

Law on Citizenship of the RSFSR. 28 November 1991. In Rossiiskaia Gazeta, 6 February 1992, Article 13. (Unofficial translation)