Administrative Law Regime of Transit Movement of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons through the Territory of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The paper analyzes administrative regime of transit movement of foreign citizens and stateless persons through the territory of the Russian Federation. The author describes characteristics of this legal regime, reveals its peculiarities, classifies foreign citizens engaged in transit movement through the territory of Russia, clarifies the definition of "transit", as well as provides definitions of "transit movement of foreign citizens via the territory of the Russian Federation" and administrative regime of transit movement of foreign citizens through the territory of the Russian Federation." The author identifies the problems and suggests ways of their solution.