The article provides a concise interdisciplinary analysis of several normative legal acts adopted in 2024 by federal executive authorities of Russia and other state bodies, which are set to take eff ect in 2024. These acts pertain to the regulation of the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons, as well as the application of relevant migration legislation. The analysis encompasses both subordinate normative legal acts adopted by bodies of general competence (the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, the General Procuratorate of the Russian Federation) and bodies of special competence — federal executive authorities (the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation). These normative legal acts were examined not only from the perspective of legal dogma, but also in relation to the political, economic, and social context of their adoption, including consideration of the events that transpired in 2024. In particular, the article undertakes a thorough examination of the normative legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation. It specifies the categories of persons who have the right to apply for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified procedure. Furthermore, it defines the concept of “repatriate” in relation to the State program to assist voluntary resettlement of compatriots living abroad to the Russian Federation. The present study examines the recent normative legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, including those pertaining to modifi cations in the regulations governing migration registration. The present study also analyzes the recently enacted normative legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, with specifi c reference to alterations in regulations concerning migration registration. It also encompasses an experimental evaluation of the rules and conditions pertaining to the entry and exit of foreign citizens and stateless persons into and out of the Russian Federation. Moreover, consideration is given to the various departmental normative legal acts (orders) issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the General Procuratorate of the Russian Federation. The analysis conducted indicates that these normative legal acts are intended to enhance the Russian legislation, establish novel eff ective legal mechanisms to address existing gaps and alleviate emerging social tensions.

In recent years, the migration legislation of the Russian Federation has been subject to a substantial number of amendments, and the year 2024 has proved no exception. These legislative changes are to a considerable degree conditioned by objective political and economic factors, which are linked to the rapidly changing political and economic situation of the Russian state and its organs of public authority. The article offers a survey and analysis of the principal amendments to the legislation governing migration policy and the legal regulation of the status of foreign nationals and stateless persons in the Russian Federation. The subject of this interdisciplinary research is the body of Russian legal norms that regulate the legal status of foreign nationals and stateless persons in Russia — their rights and obligations, their liability for migration-related offences, and the rules governing their entry into, stay in, and presence in the territory of the Russian Federation. Provisions of federal legislation, both newly enacted and already in force, are examined in their historical context. The article analyzes the most significant changes in the migration legislation of the Russian Federation of 2024. Particular attention is devoted to a number of specifi c issues relating to the refinement of the legal status of highly qualified specialists among foreign nationals and stateless persons. In contemporary legal doctrine, considerable attention is paid to organizations that, while not organs of public authority in the strict institutional sense, are nonetheless endowed with certain state or other public powers. With specific reference to the field of migration, the authors therefore consider the new legal regulation of federal state unitary enterprises for which the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation acts as founder. They likewise examine the status of state budgetary institutions of the city of Moscow. In addition, attention is paid to coercive measures and sanctions — both administrative and criminal — introduced by recent federal statutes. The article describes the legal structure of the newly introduced criminal and administrative off ence-types in the field of migration.