Russia's Passport Expansion

Contemporary Russia has been adding new citizens who, by virtue of their status and territorial location, represent a particular group of Russian ‘subjects' on the territories of unrecognised countries, i.e. Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR). This direction of Russian migration policy remains a ‘stumbling block' in relations with other countries and may become a challenge for Russia in the future.