These are Armenian citizens, she said, who traveled to Russia, but have remained in the country past the expiration of their visiting permits.
Stepanova said that these individuals are in the Russian migration service’s database, and once they’ve crossed the border, they will be incapable of entering Russia again.
Stepanova also said that those who committed two or more offences, like violating traffic laws, are prohibited from entering Russia again for at least three years, and citizens who are deported cannot travel to Russia for five years.
Under revised Russian laws, which came into effect on Jan. 1, citizens of some former Soviet republics, including Armenia, have the right to remain in the Russian Federation without registration for 90 days within every 180-day period.
Get rid of the gangsters,crooks,political self serving clowns,in the old country,so people want to stay,not leave….Build intrastructure,business,mining,for oil…Instead of worrying about the big and little bastard brothers,viz,jerky turkey and azerbaturk..After 700 yrs in Anatolya,they are still cowards,mongols,uncivilized…Don’t look to the west,too many paid stooges,double talkers…
How about the Diaspora gets its act together and uses its crooks, fools, clowns, nepotists, informants, etc. to make NATO Turkey to lift the blockade?
As for the illegal laborers in Russia, Armenians can easily go and register at their ICE, pay about $30 for this service and stay legally PAYING Russia’s whopping 13% TAX. Nobody’s deporting them, but if they don’t register and don’t obey by the country’s laws they might not be able to come back.
Compare this situation to the plight of American soldiers who served this country, got honorable discharge and deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/deported-veterans-banished-for-committing-crimes-after-serving-in-us-military/2013/08/12/44f81098-ffa9-11e2-9a3e-916de805f65d_story.html
What about the other 2.5 million? I think they’re free to live, work, prosper and send remittances to boost the Armenian economy.
People should have the right to live freely, work and prosper in their OWN country before you can demand that another country treat your citizens that way. Prosperity and remittances don’t go hand-in-hand. Armenia will never be prosperous when 80% of your countrymen are not even living within its borders and using their potential, smarts, resources, and skills for another nation’s advancement.
God bless Mother Russia, and the Russo-Armenian relationship from all enemies, foreign and domestic.