Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 31.07.2002

Federal Law No. 115-FZ of July 25, 2002 on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation

Defines the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation, as well as regulates the relations of foreign citizens with the bodies of state power, bodies of local government and officials of the bodies of power pertaining to the stay (living) of foreign citizens and their carried out labour, entrepreneurial and other activities.
The legislator includes the notion of stateless person in the notion of the foreign citizen except for the cases when the Federal Law institutes special rules for stateless persons different from those specified for the foreign citizens.
The new Law defines three legal regimes of stay of foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation: temporary stay on the territory of the Russian Federation, temporary residence on the territory of the Russian Federation, permanent residence on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The period of temporary stay of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation is determined by the period of the visa issued to him. If the foreign citizen has arrived according to procedure that does not require getting the visa, the period of his temporary stay may not be greater than 90 days with exceptions. In particular, if such person has concluded a labour contract or civil contract to carry out works (render services), the period of his temporary stay is extended for the term of the concluded contract, however, not more than for one year from the moment of entry.
Permission for the temporary residence is issued to a foreign citizens within the limits of the quota endorsed by the Government of the Russian Federation. The term of the permission for the temporary residence is three years. Beyond the quota, the permission for the temporary residence may be issued only to individual categories of foreign citizens.
The Law lists the reasons of refusal to issue the permission for the temporary residence or revocation of the permission. Within the term of the permission for the temporary residence in the presence of legal grounds, the foreign citizen, at his application, may get the residence permit for permanent residence in the Russian Federation. To get the residence permit, the foreign citizen must have lived in the Russian Federation for at least one year on the basis of the permission for temporary residence. The residence permit is issued to a foreign citizen for five years. The grounds for refusal to issue (or revocation of) the residence permit are the same as for the permission for temporary residence.
The Federal Law regulates also the procedure of drawing up invitations for the entry to the Russian Federation, procedure of registration of foreign citizens having entered the Russian Federation, procedure of travel of foreign citizens within the Russian Federation, electoral rights of foreign citizens, terms of labour relations for foreign citizens, procedure for occupying state positions, relation to the military service.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 572 of July 27, 2002 on the Amendment to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 939 of December 9, 2000

The rate of export customs duty for liquid fuels (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2710 19 510 0 - 2710 19 690 0) exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements is increased 2 times and is fixed to amount to EURO 20 per 1,000 kg.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 570 of July 26, 2002 on the Interim Procedure of Registration of Foreign Citizens Being a Party to the Contract for the Foreign Commodities Placed under the Customs Regime of Processing on the Customs Territory That Are Imported to the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation

Sets forth that the application of the Russian person for the issue of the license to process the commodities on the customs territory of the Russian Federation must be supplemented with the application of the foreign person in Russian. Registration of the foreign person is carried out within 5 working days from the date of receipt of the application by the customs body issuing the license while putting the stamp on the license: "Foreign Person is Registered by the Customs Body of the Russian Federation" and indicating the registration number.

Report of the State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation of July 31, 2002

Consumer price index for the whole of the Russian Federation for the first six months of 2002 amounts to 109.0% and for the II quarter this year, to 103.4%.
Consumer price index (without non-mandatory commodities and services) calculated in compliance with the Law of the Russian Federation on the indexing of the monetary incomes and savings of the citizens of the RSFSR amounted to 109.4% in the first six months of 2002 and to 103.3% in the II quarter.