22 PERCENT OF BANS PROHIBITING ARMENIAN CITIZENS' ENTRY TO RUSSIA LIFTED
YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. Russia's Federal Migration Service
has revoked 22 percent of bans it had imposed on Armenian nationals
prohibiting their entry to Russia for breaching its immigration law,
Gagik Yeganyan, head of the Armenian territorial administration
and emergency ministry's state migration service, told journalists
on Friday.
In his words, more than 4,000 applications have been received since
July 2014, and 3,000 of them have been sent to Russia's Federal
Migration Service.
He said referring to Russian sources that entry of more than 3 million
people to Russia is prohibited for ten years because they have breached
the Russian law.
According to the same sources, the number of citizens in risk group
is 180,000.
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He said that in accordance with these arrangements, to have their entry
bans' lifted Armenian citizens have to appeal to Armenia's migration
service, which will send applications to the Russian migration service
after considering them.
Yeganyan said that after Armenia became a full member of the Eurasian
Economic Union on January 2, 2015, Armenian citizens need no special
permission for working in the union member countries.
Nevertheless, for living and working legally in Russia, Armenian
citizens need labor and civil law contracts with employers. Armenian
citizens may be employed not only by legal entities, but also by
individuals in Russia. ---0----
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From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. Russia's Federal Migration Service
has revoked 22 percent of bans it had imposed on Armenian nationals
prohibiting their entry to Russia for breaching its immigration law,
Gagik Yeganyan, head of the Armenian territorial administration
and emergency ministry's state migration service, told journalists
on Friday.
In his words, more than 4,000 applications have been received since
July 2014, and 3,000 of them have been sent to Russia's Federal
Migration Service.
He said referring to Russian sources that entry of more than 3 million
people to Russia is prohibited for ten years because they have breached
the Russian law.
According to the same sources, the number of citizens in risk group
is 180,000.
>
He said that in accordance with these arrangements, to have their entry
bans' lifted Armenian citizens have to appeal to Armenia's migration
service, which will send applications to the Russian migration service
after considering them.
Yeganyan said that after Armenia became a full member of the Eurasian
Economic Union on January 2, 2015, Armenian citizens need no special
permission for working in the union member countries.
Nevertheless, for living and working legally in Russia, Armenian
citizens need labor and civil law contracts with employers. Armenian
citizens may be employed not only by legal entities, but also by
individuals in Russia. ---0----
http://arka.am/en/news/society/22_percent_of_bans_prohibiting_armenian_citizens_e ntry_to_russia_lifted_/#sthash.36TkU80K.dpuf
From: A. Papazian