Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that states that Ukrainian citizens who are in Russia without due permission They must leave the country before September 10, 2025 or regularize their immigration situation.
The decree, which was published in the Official Portal of Legal Information of Russia, specifies that those Ukrainians who are in the country without legal motives for their permanence must abandon Russia on their own or proceed to regularize their legal status before the Russian immigration authorities. This order has a deadline on September 10, 2025.
One of the provisions of the decree establishes that Ukrainian citizens who have been registered by the Russian authorities through fingerprints and photographs They will be exempt from being administratively sanctioned for violating migratory regulations, provided they request the legalization of their status before the Police.
In addition, the decree introduces New requirements for foreign citizens and stateless people who have reached the areas occupied by Russia in Ukraine, such as the popular republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, and the regions of Zaporiyia and Jersón.
These people must undergo medical exams to confirm the absence of illegal psychotropic substances, new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances, infectious diseases and HIV. The deadline for presenting these medical exams is June 10, 2025.
