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LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of June 25, 1993 No. 5242-1

About the right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freedom of travel, the choice of the place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation

(as amended on 30-01-2026)
Article 1. Movement right to liberty, the choice of the place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation.

According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the international acts of human rights each citizen of the Russian Federation has movement right to liberty, the choice of the place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation.

Restriction of the right of citizens of the Russian Federation for freedom of travel, the choice of the place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation is allowed only based on the law.

The persons who are not citizens of the Russian Federation and legally being in its territory have movement right to liberty, the choice of the place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation according to the Constitution and the laws of the Russian Federation and international treaties of the Russian Federation.

Article 2. Basic concepts

For the purpose of this Law the following basic concepts are used:

registration accounting of citizens of the Russian Federation in the place of stay and at the place of residence within the Russian Federation - the state activities for fixing and generalization of the data on registration of citizens of the Russian Federation provided by this Law for the place of stay, registration of citizens of the Russian Federation for the residence, removal of citizens of the Russian Federation from registration accounting in the place of stay and removal of citizens of the Russian Federation from registration accounting at the place of residence within the Russian Federation. Registration accounting of citizens of the Russian Federation has notifying nature and reflects the facts of arrival of the citizen of the Russian Federation in the place of stay or the residence, its stays in the specified place and departure of the citizen of the Russian Federation from the place of stay or the residence;

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