What family, citizenship, ethnic, historical or former-resident connection creates access to this route?
The qualifying connection is personal birth in the RSFSR plus former USSR citizenship.
See recorded sources
- Government.ru 115-FZ page=8, Article 8(2)(1)
1) иностранному гражданину, родившемуся на территории РСФСР и состоявшему в прошлом в гражданстве СССР;
