Russian President Putin has banned members of the Security Council from having foreign citizenship

 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree prohibiting members of the Security Council from holding foreign citizenship. The document was published on the official portal of legal information.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree prohibiting members of the Security Council from holding foreign citizenship. The document was published on the official portal of legal information.

"The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, the Secretary of the Security Council, a permanent member of the Security Council and a member of the Security Council may be citizens who do not have citizenship (nationality) of a foreign state or a residence permit or other document confirming the right to permanent residence in the territory of a foreign state", - stated in the document.

In addition, the decree confirmed the prohibition for Security Council members to open and have accounts in foreign banks in accordance with the amendments adopted in November to the federal law “On Security”. It also prohibits keeping cash and valuables in foreign banks located abroad. In addition, the same law specifies the procedure for appointing the director of the FSB and director of the SVR, the requirements for the employees of the special services. Among them, the ban on foreign citizenship was supplemented by a ban on a foreign residence permit or an analogue of this document, with the exception of cases of intelligence activity.

Presidential laws in the development of amendments to the Constitution, including a new version of the law "On Security", were introduced at the end of September. In addition to them, laws were approved on a new procedure for forming the government, where the role of the State Duma is increasing, on the reform of the Constitutional Court, in which the composition of the body is reduced to 11 judges, as well as on the right of the ex-president to become a life member of the Federation Council .

On November 17, a bill was introduced to the State Duma on the possibility for the current president to run for two more terms if they expire at the time the amendments to the Constitution come into force. Finally, in early December, the State Duma approved a bill expanding guarantees of immunity for former heads of state. Now, to deprive her of it, a more complex mechanism will have to be used, weeks than in the law of 2001.

Source: Vedomosti