Check the entry ban. How to remove restrictions on entry into the Russian Federation? In particular, these are

FMS of Russia

Every foreign citizen who plans a trip to Russia may face an unpleasant situation. When trying to enter the Russian Federation, some citizens may be denied entry, citing that he has a ban on entry. At the same time, the border guards themselves do not give any information why the entry to the Russian Federation is closed and the migrant has to turn back, canceling the trip. This situation wastes your personal time and creates certain inconveniences, and all this requires an investment of finances.
In order for every citizen to know in advance information about the ban on crossing the border, a special service was developed. This service allows anyone who wants to independently check and find out if there are any restrictions on entry into Russian Federation.


Entry ban to Russia CIS

The official website of the FMS of Russia has information services that allow you to get some important information. On the site you can use the following services: receipts for payment of state duty, online appointment, checking the readiness of a foreign passport, checking against the list of invalid Russian passports, checking invalid foreign passports for a period of 5 years, highly qualified specialists filing an application and searching for applications, checking the validity of work permits and patents for the implementation of labor activities by foreign citizens and stateless persons, checking the validity of licenses for employment of citizens of the Russian Federation outside the territory of the Russian Federation, checking the validity of invitations to enter the Russian Federation Federation of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons, checking the existence of grounds for not allowing entry into the territory of the Russian Federation to foreign citizens and stateless persons through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, compliance of the document and registration address, checking the readiness of citizens of the Russian Federation, checking the readiness of citizenship of the Russian Federation, checking the readiness of a residence permit, checking readiness of permission for temporary
accommodation.

Migration Services

To use the information services, you must first go to the site. To switch to the official FMS, you will need to enter the following address: https://mvd.rf. After that, you will find yourself on the main page of the site, which provides various information about the activities of the FMS and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. To access information related to activities migration service, you need to click on the "Migration Issues" tab.


Official website of the FMS

After that you will go to the next page of the site, where information about the FMS is provided, here you will also find information services.

Information about the FMS on the site

From the entire list, you need to use the service "Checking the availability of grounds for not allowing entry into the territory of the Russian Federation to foreign citizens and stateless persons through the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
The FMS of Russia official website of the ban on entry into Russia of the CIS is checked using the information service "Checking the existence of grounds for not allowing entry into the territory of the Russian Federation to foreign citizens and stateless persons through the Ministry of Internal Affairs." This service works as follows:
1. Entering personal information. You need to enter personal information (last name, first name, patronymic, gender, date of birth, citizenship, document type, document number, document validity date, country or organization that issued the document);
2. Sending a request. After entering all the necessary information, you will need to click the "Submit Request" button;
3. Getting a result. After sending the request, within a few minutes you will receive the result: whether you can live, stay in the country or become its full-fledged citizen.


Data for checking the ban on entry into Russia

As you can see, there is nothing complicated in self-checking, you just need to carefully enter the requested data in the appropriate fields, and after entering all the data, click on the "Submit Request" button.
The service "Checking the availability of grounds for non-permission to enter the territory of the Russian Federation for foreign citizens and stateless persons through the Ministry of Internal Affairs" will check your data in special databases that contain a list of persons blacklisted by the migration service.
The main reasons for refusal to enter the country are the following: false information that was provided about the identity to the migration documents check service; unpaid state duty for paperwork or refusal to pay a fine; Availability administrative violations during the period of application for a species or citizenship; failure to appear at the registration department on time; neglect of registration.
All of the above offenses are stopped by the fact that passport data is entered into the migration black list of the FMS of Russia. It is on the basis of these lists that a database has been compiled, against which the documents of all citizens who verify information about their passport are checked.
Very often, entry into Russia is prohibited due to violation of the terms of stay: being in Russia without registration, working as a migrant without permits on the labor activity(no work patent or work permit).
Also, basically, entry into the Russian Federation is closed due to administrative fines at the migrant. As a rule, these are fines for breaking the rules. traffic(SDA).
Moreover, information about the closure of entry into Russia for a foreign citizen is transferred to the database very slowly, and sometimes a foreign citizen can enter and leave Russia several times before learning that he has an entry ban.
In addition to checking the ban on entry into the Russian Federation, you can remotely check the following: checking the validity of work permits and patents for the implementation of labor activities by foreign citizens and stateless persons, checking the validity of invitations to enter the Russian Federation for foreign citizens and stateless persons.
To check the work permit and the existence of a patent for foreign citizens, you need to use the information service called "Verification of the validity of work permits and patents for the implementation of labor activities by foreign citizens and stateless persons." For verification, the service requests the input of personal information, namely: type of service, series and number of the document, series and number of the document form, type of activity, passport number, date and country of issue of the document.

Verification of the validity of work permits and patents for the implementation of labor activities by foreign citizens and stateless persons

If you need to check the validity of invitations to enter the Russian Federation, then use the information service "Checking the validity of invitations to enter the Russian Federation for foreign citizens and stateless persons" on the official website. For this check, you need to specify: the number of the invitation, the series of the form and the number of the form.

Verification of the validity of invitations to enter the Russian Federation for foreign citizens and stateless persons

With the advent of the official website of the FMS, or rather information services, it has become more accessible to foreign citizens important information. Now, before planning a trip to Russia, you can remotely check yourself and get a guarantee of entry without problem situations.

For many foreign citizens, the question sometimes arises where you can check for a ban on entry into Russia. Some do not know where or do not know how to independently check whether his name is in the database of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, it seems to them that they will not be able to cope or the system will fail and they will not succeed.

In fact, this procedure is simple, it takes place online via the Internet, you need a computer or phone with Internet access, for this you need to go to the GUVM website, indicate your passport data in a special request form and start the check.

How to specify your data for online verification via the Internet:

Please note that some fields marked with an asterisk ( * ) are mandatory. Your data must be indicated as it is written in your passport and migration card. After filling in all the required fields, click on the "Send request" button, do not forget to enter the code from the picture, otherwise the system will issue a warning.

Many people ask how to indicate the series of the passport, in Latin or Russian letters, it is best to check both options, since there is no certainty in what form in Latin or Cyrillic you were entered into the database. In any case, the first fields (name and surname) are filled in Latin letters, as indicated by the tooltip on the left.

As the information at the top of the page says, this verification method presence of a ban on entry into Russia is for reference only, does not guarantee an accurate result, and does not constitute a legal basis. If you have suspicions, it is best to contact the authorities of the Main Department of Internal Affairs or the Russian Embassy abroad.

As you can see check entry ban it’s not difficult on your own, you only need the Internet and desire, but the lack of information about the ban on the site does not guarantee the absence in the database of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (the former Federal Migration Service), you can only be given a legal opinion by the migration control authorities of Russia.

*This information is for reference only and is not legal document and does not guarantee that the data will be legally binding.

Errors on the website of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (former FMS)

The verification service, like any computer program, sometimes fails, do not worry and worry, try to visit the site a little later, or carefully check all your data that you have indicated, maybe you made a mistake somewhere.

The most common cause of the error is a "server error", it occurs due to a large number of requests or an internal failure of the validation service.

Another type of error is the incorrect filling of the data, you need to check the correct transcription of Latin letters into Russian and vice versa.

How to remove the ban on entry into the Russian Federation

If, after checking, you find that you have a restriction on entry into Russia, then the only way to lift the ban is the help of a professional and experienced lawyer, you can read more about the methods and methods in

Relatives and friends of citizens of other countries who, for various reasons, cannot enter the territory of Russia due to problems at the border often turn to lawyers and specifically to migration lawyers for help. Moreover, they are not always explained the reasons for the denial of access to Russian territory. It is worth saying that only citizens of other states or stateless people face such a problem, since Russian citizen border guards have no right to refuse entry. Today we will talk about how to lift the ban on entry into the Russian Federation and for what reasons this ban can be imposed.

To help resolve this issue, it is first necessary to find out the reasons that prompted the border guards to stop a person at the border and send him back to the country from which he came. Mistakes in this case happen, but rarely. So the refusal is most likely associated with certain sanctions of state structures, if we are not talking about some kind of temporary delays associated with violations customs regulations. In this case, there is practically the only way to obtain permission to visit the country, and this way lies through the courts.

For what reasons can a person be banned from entering Russia?

Often the ban is associated with restrictions imposed by the Federal Migration Service. In addition to the FMS, other departments also have this right, for example:

  • Rospotrebnadzor;
  • Ministry of Justice;
  • Rosfinmonitoring;
  • Ministry of the Interior;
  • Foreign Intelligence Service.

There are two options for restrictions:

  1. when the Office takes a decision in relation to a foreigner to prohibit him from entering the territory of the country;
  2. when the department issues a decision according to which the stay of a foreigner in the country is considered undesirable.

The reasons for which a ban is issued may be different, but many of them are related to violations by a foreigner Russian legislation during the previous visit or current stay in Russia. Often, as explained in the courts, restrictions are imposed for the security and defense of the state (such prohibitions come from the military, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Drug Control Service, the FSB), public order(decision from the Ministry of Justice) and public health (by decision of Rospotrebnadzor).

The main reasons for the restrictions:

  1. A person evaded taxes or committed administrative offenses more than twice a year in Russia. Fines under the traffic police are also considered even the smallest ones. At the same time, it does not matter whether the person paid these fines on time or after the decision to ban entry was made, or did not pay, since the very fact administrative offenses remains.
  2. When crossing the border, incorrect data was indicated, forged documents were provided.
  3. The foreigner violated the rules and terms of stay in Russia. Suppose a person received permission to stay in the country for 30 days, but violated this condition and stayed in Russia much longer for biased reasons (that is, not related to the loss of documents, illness, etc.). Then he may be banned from visiting the country for several years.
  4. A person has an outstanding conviction for crimes committed by him on the territory of Russia or any other state.
  5. A foreigner is a carrier of a disease that can threaten the lives of others.
  6. The foreigner received a decision on administrative expulsion (in the case of such expulsion, a person does not have the right to cross the border of the country for 5 years) or the transfer of violators of the law to another state (the so-called readmission).

There can actually be many more reasons.

How to find out the reason for imposing restrictions?

Employees of the Federal Migration Service should have information about the reasons for the ban. If a foreigner has relatives in Russia, he can ask them, as proxies, to contact a lawyer in order to send lawyer requests to the FMS and the border service.

You can also find something on the Internet. For example, on the website of the Federal Migration Service there is a reference page where, by filling out a form in Russian (the basic data is entered), you can find out if there are grounds that prevent a person from entering Russia. However, this page is not universal, you can not find anything by request, and meanwhile a person can no longer get to Russian land. By the way, there are cases when a decision on entry ban has already been made against a person, but he freely leaves the territory of Russia and enters again. This is due to the fact that it can take a long time before the data of a foreigner gets into the list of those who are prohibited from visiting the country.

How to remove restrictions. Step-by-step instruction

It is not always possible for foreigners to lift restrictions before they expire, but it is worth trying, because the decision on sanctions is not final, it can be challenged. Especially in the case when the ban was issued by mistake, for misconduct that the person did not commit, and when the grounds for the ban disappear. In such circumstances, you must apply to the court through your representative.

What to do:

  1. We find out the reason, which bodies participated in the decision. This is necessary for further appeal to the court.
  2. We are sending an application to the body that issued such a decision with a request to lift the ban on entry into the Russian Federation, motivating this request with serious circumstances. It is best to write a statement with a person who knows the law well and can give legally sound reasons why the restrictions should be lifted. It should be noted that although decisions on restrictive measures are taken by various bodies, they, as a rule, do not have the power to cancel them. As legislators explain, the authorities did not give such powers to exclude the possibility of corrupt transactions. So most likely Besides judiciary no one can remove the restrictions. Although in 2015 the Federal Migration Service approved an instruction regarding the procedure for lifting such sanctions. According to the document, in some cases, the head of the body may decide to lift restrictions. If the grounds for restrictions, in the opinion of a foreigner, have disappeared after the expiration of time (the term of sanctions can range from several months to ten years) or for other reasons, his confidant may apply to the court for an annulment of sanctions. An application to contest a decision should be filed when there is doubt that it was made on legal grounds.
  3. If the court takes the side of the plaintiff and cancels the decision to ban entry into Russia, the decision will enter into force within 30 days, in the event that it is not challenged government bodies who had previously issued a decision on restrictive measures. After entry into force, this decision will need to be sent to the Federal Migration Service and border guards so that the foreigner's data is deleted from the list of persons who are prohibited from entering Russia. But before the trip, it is better to clarify whether the data has been excluded from the list.

Such an instruction is most suitable for those who have received restrictions through the Federal Migration Service. It is much more difficult to lift a ban from the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the FSB. There are some peculiarities in the dispute with Rospotrebnadzor.

What can help in court to achieve the removal of sanctions

AT court statement it should be indicated for what reason the foreigner is seeking the removal of restrictions. There are circumstances that can help a person get a positive court decision. To important circumstances to which the court draws attention are:

  • The foreigner has documents that allow temporary residence in the country, and even better - there is a residence permit, while the validity of the documents has not yet expired;
  • The plaintiff has close relatives who live in Russia and are citizens of the country (or have received a residence permit). These include children, parents, and husband or wife. The court may take note of the fact that a foreigner has brothers or sisters, grandparents living here, especially when they are dependent on the plaintiff.
  • The claimant under the granted patent conducts labor activity;
  • The plaintiff is studying at a Russian university that has received state certification;
  • A citizen of another country or a stateless person needs an urgent health care and treatment.

When making a decision, the court must respect the rights of a foreign citizen that relate to him family life. That is why the fact that a person has a family in Russia is so important. Also, the court may pay attention to the peculiarities of the plaintiff's residence in his home country. For example, if there is an unstable political situation in the homeland of the plaintiff, the person does not have his own house, while in Russia he has living space, this will serve in favor of revising the strict restrictive measures.

What is important to know:

  • it is advisable to apply to the court in the city or district where the department that made the decision is located. In some cases, these may be territorial departments of various departments (for example, the territorial department of the FMS can impose sanctions when a foreigner has violated the rules and terms of stay in Russia), but usually such decisions are made by central authorities based in Moscow;
  • the ban can lead to the annulment of documents allowing temporary residence, work in the country, and so on;
  • all foreign documents, which will be considered by the court, must be translated into Russian, in addition, they must be registered by a Russian notary;
  • if a person finds out about the restrictions without leaving Russia, he can ask for a temporary delay in the execution of the decision in order to stay for a period while the case is being considered in court.

Rospotrebnadzor makes such a decision in cases where a dangerous disease is detected in a foreigner. These include: tuberculosis, syphilis, HIV infection. They are usually detected at the time when a person, applying for a temporary residence permit, passes a medical examination. The clinic sends information to Rospotrebnadzor, where they usually make a decision about the undesirability of a person being on the territory of Russia. An exception to the rule may be the provision by a foreigner of documents confirming that a licensed Russian medical institution ready to treat him. Rospotrebnadzor may convene a commission and postpone the decision on the undesirability of a foreigner's stay in the country until a certain period. However, this rarely happens because many do not know that must be submitted to authorities medical documents about guaranteed treatment, and Rospotrebnadzor does not require such documents.

To cancel the decision, you need to submit an official request to Rospotrebnadzor, get an official response about the reasons for the restrictions imposed, and then go to court. To remove the sanctions, you must convince the judge of the following:

  • that the plaintiff does not evade medical procedures, complies with all doctor's prescriptions and treatment standards;
  • that the plaintiff does not lead a lifestyle that promotes the spread of the disease.

It will be important for the court that the foreigner has close relatives in Russia. Will not be redundant positive characteristics from the place of study, work, documents confirming the presence of a place of residence, receipts for the purchase of medicines. If a person has already been treated and got rid of an illness, such as tuberculosis, he needs to provide the court with new information that would confirm that he is healthy and no longer poses a danger to the health of others.

Get into the territory Russian state not everyone has the right. It is important to know in advance about possible obstacles to visiting the Russian Federation. This will help prevent senseless financial spending and other problems. When preparing for such a trip, a preliminary check of the ban on entry into the Russian Federation for foreign citizens is recommended. After all, the border service, without letting a person through, only states the fact of the ban, without explaining its reasons.

Foreign persons can enter the territory of our Motherland with visas and without them. With the first option, many questions disappear. After all, if there is a ban, a citizen will simply be denied entry when applying for a visa. In the second case, you should take care of obtaining such information in advance. When moving to permanent residence, a citizen must resolve the issue,. Any information can be obtained on the Internet using:

  • feedback from citizens;
  • statistics data;
  • price ranges;
  • natural features.

The indicators that are priority for the migrant are taken into account. AT migration policy laws and restrictions apply. In a relationship individual citizens a decision to refuse to cross the border can be made.

Comments

    hello how do i know if i have a travel ban

      • Good afternoon! Foreign citizens or stateless persons can be checked on the website of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation. On the site, they select a page for checking the availability of reasons for a ban on entry into Russia. The procedure is described in more detail in the article above. This answer to your request will not have legal force, however, checking yourself on the basis of the Federal Migration Service is one of the milestones pre-migration preparation.

        • Why can't you choose gender and nationality?

          • Good afternoon Albert! Just checked on the website of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation http://services.fms.gov.ru/index.htm- everything is chosen both gender and citizenship. Try again.

    Napoleon

    Hello, respected consul, how can I find out about the timing of the ban ???

    • Hello! To find out about the existence and duration of the ban, as well as the reasons for the ban on entry into the territory of the Russian Federation, you need to send a written request to the Office of the Federal Migration Service of Russia. A reply will also be sent to you. writing.

      • Hello dear Marina. .. I've filled out this form several times here or whatever it's called. .. wrote all the data. .I send a request there, this code from the picture changes and the answer does not come from anyone. .. and so several times ...
        And tell me, she added me to the black list in order to have a debt on my SIM card .. 150 rubles and that day I stole from Moscow and forgot about the debt because ..
        These 150 rubles .. cost me too much .. I lost my job ... and a lot of things ... I had a green-eyed beauty in Moscow, I also lost her .. I heard that she got married .... and on the black list. ..I can’t ... those damned 150 rubles that I forgot .. why did I end up on the black list for them

        • Unfortunately, cases of failures of the service for checking the entry ban have become more frequent.
          To find out the term and reason for the ban, you can send a written request to the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation indicating your passport data, full name and date of birth, as well as a citizen of which country you are.
          In response, you must send an official letter indicating the reason for the ban and the period.

    Alexander

    Hello! I'm on this moment filled out and sent a request for a ban on entry into the territory of the Russian Federation 5 times. I didn't get any response, how do I find out?

    • Hello, Alexander! Try sending the request later, there may have been a service failure. If you still cannot get an answer, send a written request to the Office of the Federal Migration Service of Russia. The answer will also be sent to you in writing. And this answer will already have legal effect, as opposed to an electronic request.

    On the phone, the gender is not selected.

    Hello, tell me after the ban on entry has ended, how long can you come to Russia, and will there be any problems at the border? We checked on the FMS website that my last name is no longer there, but still I have some kind of fear. Thank you in advance for your answer.

    • Hello Maya! The information on the FMS website is for reference only and cannot guarantee that the restriction has been lifted. For reliability, send a written request to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Their official response will already have legal force, and you will be able to safely enter, and in which case, show this document at the border.

    hello this site is not working in any way http://services.fms.gov.ru/index.htm

    • Hello!
      In 2016, the Federal Migration Service became part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, and now the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation deals with migration issues.
      Instead of the site http://www.fms.gov.ru, the site guvm.mvd.rf is now working. Perhaps due to updates to the new site, failures are associated.
      For now, you can check the presence of a ban on entry at the old link http://services.fms.gov.ru/info-service.htm?sid=3000
      She is currently working.

    on these days (January 24, 2017) this service does not work. tried with IE and Opera and Firefox as well. Used WinXR, 7, 8.1
    … Is the service being blocked by the State Department or the FSB?

    • Regarding the operation of this service, you can contact the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with a request or write to the online support on this site.

    Hello, how can I check my data whether or not I have a ban on the territory of the Russian Federation. I had a simple 2012 1.5 year ban, obviously the time of Uzbekistan.

    • Hello Sherali!
      You can check whether you have been banned from entering the Russian Federation on the website of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation using the online service:
      You must enter your data: full name, gender, date of birth, citizenship, type of document (passport), number, expiration date and authority / country that issued the document.
      The service is for reference only, and the data obtained is not a legal justification for crossing the border.
      To receive an answer about the absence of a ban on entry into the Russian Federation, which is of a legal nature, you need to write a written request to the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

    I can not check the black list gives an error when applying

    • Hello! Due to the large number of requests, this service often fails. Try checking later. Or use the most reliable, but long option - send a written request to the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with a request to check and indicate the presence of an entry ban. In the request, indicate your data: full name, date of birth, citizenship and passport data. In response, you will receive an official letter.

    Zair Sukhamedov

    good afternoon Marina!
    I am a citizen of Uzbekistan and I have expulsions for 5 years. administrative offense part 2 of article 18.10
    and violation of Article 13 Article 23.1
    3 years and 2 expulsion….
    can lawyers or attorneys with money decide???
    they said 70 thousand to lift the ban, how do I live in such situations?
    thanks in advance...
    Sincerely, Zair Sukhamedov!

    • Good afternoon Zaire!
      on this issue, you need to personally consult with lawyers - whether they will take up your case. Try to go to a consultation with several lawyers - if their verdict is clear that you can succeed - then you can try to lift the ban. It all depends on the specific reasons for the delay and other circumstances known only to you.

    Hello Marina! Please tell me the site http://services.fms.gov.ru/index.htm and this site http://services.guvm.mvd.rf/info-service.htm?sid=3000 neither one nor the other has been working for more than 25 days, I heard that the site is being updated and I heard that an amnesty can give is it true? with a written request where to apply to where I was banned from entering Russia or Moscow? thanks in advance

    • Hello Umijon!
      You can send a written request to the department of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation at the place of your last stay in the Russian Federation.
      An official response should be sent to your request, indicating the terms of deportation, as well as the reasons why entry into Russia is closed for you.
      This letter will be legally binding.

    Hello!
    Please tell me where you can check for a ban on entry into the Russian Federation, except for the MAIN DEPARTMENT FOR MIGRATION OF THE MIA OF RUSSIA here the site does not work.
    And looking for one question, if a person has a ban, but he did not leave the country, is the ban automatically lifted after 3 years or not? Was the ban for 3 years

    • Hello Ivan!
      Why is the site not working? Are you filling in all the fields correctly?
      Here is a direct link to the service online checks entry ban: http://services.guvm.mvd.rf/info-service.htm?sid=3000
      Another way to check is to send a written request to the department of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of the alleged expulsion or the last registration of stay. In the request, you must specify all your data: full name, date of birth, citizenship, number of an identity document abroad.
      In the official response, you will be given the period and reason for the ban, as well as whether it is still in effect or has already been lifted.

    Hello, may I ask a question? I was blacklisted in 2013. I was checked not long ago there ’entry into the territory of the Russian Federation is not allowed until 09/23/2016’ can this be? The deadline is already legal. I’m half a year ago. I currently live in Kyrgyzstan through friends, I asked to check my data in the Russian Federation, they said the FMS is purely in Kyrgyzstan, they say that I’m on the list?

    • Hello! You need to figure it out - you are denied entry to the Russian Federation or your exit from Kyrgyzstan is closed.
      If an official source in the Russian Federation confirms that entry is allowed, then this must be true. The online service may contain outdated information. because The database is very large and they do not have time to update it in a timely manner. For reliability, you need to write an official request to the department of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and ask if there are grounds for restricting entry into the Russian Federation in your name, if so, for how long. You can already present the official response from the migration authorities at the border in case of problems.
      You also need to figure out why you are not allowed out of Kyrgyzstan, how do they motivate you? The fact that you are restricted from entering the Russian Federation or for other reasons?