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Yabloko faction to initiate an address to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on repealing the law on Russian citizenship

July 1, 2002

The Yabloko faction of the State Duma is going to initiate an address to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on repealing the law “On Citizenship in the RF”. Such a statement, according to our Rosbalt correspondent, was made by Deputy Head of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma Igor Artemyev at a press conference on Monday. According to Artemyev this law infringes human rights.

He reminded the press that Yabloko opposed the adoption of this law, and in the second reading of the law the faction managed to introduce an amendment that an old-age parent, whose child is a citizen of the Russian Federation, should automatically obtain Russian citizenship after filing a simple application. At the same time Artemyev also informed the press about the “forgery that took place during the third reading and the amendment was not included into the final text of the law”.

Igor Artemyev also explained that to initiate the address [to the Constitutional Court of the RF] the faction has to obtain at least one-third of the Duma votes. “These signatures can not be collected until autumn, when the deputies come back from their holidays,” noted Artemyev.

Rosbalt, July 1, 2002

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