Ukrainian refugees in the Russian Federation: Legal and Social aspects in connection with the armed conflict 2022-2023

The purpose of this work is to study the legal and social status of Ukrainian refugees and citizens in Russia. To achieve the intended goal, the following tasks are defined in this work: to reveal the legal and social aspects of the stay of Ukrainian refugees and citizens in Russia; explore legislative changes in relation to the citizens of Ukraine for the period 2014 - 2023; describe the measures taken by the Russian state to support Ukrainian refugees; conduct a comparative analysis by comparing the legal status of Ukrainian citizens in the Russian Federation with the status of all other foreign citizens living in Russia. The subject of the study are the legal acts regulating the procedure for obtaining temporary asylum and refugee status in the Russian Federation as well as other permits for residence and Russian citizenship. Also, this research examines the documents and reports of international and Russian human rights organizations, mass media articles, existing law enforcement practice, as well as my personal experience of working and legal support of the Ukrainian refugees and citizens in the Russian Federation. The object of the study is the assessment, analysis and deep study of the state of human rights in relation to the citizens of Ukraine who are in the Russian Federation in connection with the hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. The theoretical basis of this work is Russian legislation, existing law enforcement practice, as well as documents of human rights organizations. The work uses certain provisions of the Russian federal laws regulating the sphere of migration, Administrative regulations and instructions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Decrees of the President and resolutions of the Government, certain provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and relevant international documents on the rights of refugees, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reports of Russian Ombudsmen and human rights organizations, Russian mass media publications. Everything enlisted above predetermined an integrated and comprehensive approach to the research topic. The structure and content of the work are determined by the goals and objectives of the research. The work consists of four chapters, including a prehistory of the conflict and waves of migrations, a profound analysis of the legal and social aspects as well as conclusion and bibliography.