The registration order of foreign citizens in the territory of the Russian Federation // K. A. Orlov. «Arguments and Facts» Europe edition. Issue № 20, 2007.
At the moment in the Russian Federation there are in force the amendments to the law «On the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation» (hereinafter – Law) and to the law «On the migratory registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons (the so called apatrides) in the Russian Federation». According to the specified laws the following order of registration of foreign citizens in the territory of the Russian Federation is established: Under article 20 of the mentioned Federal Law «…a foreign citizen in case of staying in a place of residence is obliged to be registered in a place of residence…».