Expats Of Russia Wiki



About The Expats Of Russia Wiki
Expats Of Russia is a community project by Political Science & World Politics Bachelor students of Higher School Of Economics in St Petersburg, Russia. The vision of this project was to ease Expatriates' commitment to the legal frameworks of the Russian Federation; and our objective was to create a reliable source of information, from which foreign visitors and residing expats could obtain reliable information from. As a community project in a wiki, this site is always ready for further expansion and improvements.

Navigation Around The Wiki
Although the wiki is ought to get expanded over the time, as of now it contains vital information from obtaining Visa before traveling, up to long-term residency and obtaining citizenship.

Based on user-research we've formulated a chronological order of legal steps, which an average expat would take until they're considered long-term residents of the Russian Federation:


 * Before Departure
 * Legal Needs
 * Law enforcement from abroad
 * Obtaining Visa
 * Tourist Visa
 * Student Visa
 * Working Visa


 * After Arrival In Russia
 * Important Documentations
 * Civil Code
 * Publicly Prohibited Activities
 * Driving/traveling law
 * Expat Laws to particular oblast/regions
 * Residency Law
 * Long-Term Residency in Russia
 * Expat Criminal Law
 * Contract Law
 * Labour Law
 * Property Law
 * Mortgage
 * Intellectual Property
 * Tax Law
 * Family Law
 * Divorce Law
 * Marriage Law
 * Citizenship Laws
 * Expelling and Other Legal cases
 * Deportation Law
 * Legalities in case of Birth
 * Legalities in case of Death

Reliability of Sources of Information
The sources which are used in providing legal information, are limited to available data from verified legal institutes of the Russian Federation, or their sub-branches. Other sources of information which were used in obtaining authentic and accurate data from are the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Criminal Law, and the Civil Law.