02055nas a2200157   4500008004100000022001400041245011900055210006900174260001200243300001100255490000600266520143100272653006101703100002201764856011101786       2017                        eng d  a2300-168200aThe Transformation of Russian Citizenship Policy in the Context of European or Eurasian Choice: Regional Prospects0 aTransformation of Russian Citizenship Policy in the Context of E  c08/2017  a98-1190 v63 a<p class="Abstrakt"><span lang="EN-US">Acquiring citizenship in the country of resettlement is the ultimate step on the integration pathway of a resettled person. For people from countries of the former Soviet Union (fSU), we can see a great variety in patterns of citizenship acquisition and changes in migration policy governing the granting of citizenship. Russia is the main player in this field. As a descendant of the fSU, the country uses its right to determine whether or not to grant its citizenship to people in the new independent countries as a way of maintaining its influence on the post-Soviet and even the former Russian Empire regions. Russian citizenship was granted to m 8.6 million people between 1992 and 2016 (excluding the Crimean population), more than 92 per cent of whom were from the fSU. Russia employs a range of different policies, starting with its compatriot policy for individual resettlement; then comes its not formally declared policy of issuing Russian passports for the population of non-recognised states (such as Transdnestria) and finally there is Russia&rsquo;s policy of automatically granted citizenship for 2 million Crimean people. This paper explores the phenomenon of Russian citizenship policy and compares it with European or Eurasian policy governing fSU countries. It also discusses the implementation of this policy at both regional and global levels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>10acitizenship policy; migration; resettlement; Russia; fSU1 aMolodikova, Irina  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/Molodikova_The_Transformation_of_Russian_Citizenship_Policy.pdf