Constitutional and Legal Content and Current Issues of the Citizenship Institute

The article analyzes the constitutional and legal content of the institution of citizenship, which is known to be one of the most important elements of the legal status of an individual. Russian citizenship gives a person a legally defined amount of rights and obligations, the protection of which is guaranteed by the state. The content of the institution of citizenship is not limited to ensuring the legal status of an individual; it serves the unification and stability of society, with its help the problems of demography and migration are solved. It is noted that the concept of understanding citizenship as belonging to a particular state reflects the special nature of this institution. At the present stage, the issue of the development of legal regulation of citizenship does not lose its relevance, especially given the presence of migration processes. The article contains an analysis of some of the current problems of the institution of citizenship, as well as the authors suggest possible solutions. In particular, the issues of the simplified process of acquiring Russian citizenship, the presence of dual (multiple) citizenship, and the termination of citizenship are being investigated.

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