The Federal Law comprehensively amends the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offences in order to improve regulations for ordering and enforcing an administrative punishment in the form of administrative deportation of a foreign citizen or a stateless person from the Russian Federation.
Source – The Russian Kremlin: http://en.kremlin.ru/acts/news/73144
Russia: Law abolishing preferential visas for certain categories of citizens of European countries
Moscow, 26 December 2023
Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Federal Law On the Suspension by the Russian Federation of Certain Provisions of International Treaties of the Russian Federation with the European Community, the Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, and the Swiss Confederation on the Simplification of the Procedure for Issuing Visas to Citizens of the Russian Federation and the European Union, the Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, and the Swiss Confederation.
The Federal Law is aimed at synchronising the system for charging visa fees for issuing Russian visas with the standards currently established by the European Community, the Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, and the Swiss Confederation.
Source – The Russian Kremlin: http://en.kremlin.ru/acts/news/73139