6. Citizenship

Question 6. Your citizenship
The citizens of the Russian Federation mark the prompt "Russian Federation".
Foreign citizens will write the name of the country of citizenship in the special field (for example, Italy, Ukraine, Moldova).
Citizens of the Russian Federation who have double citizenship - of Russia and of another country - shall mark the prompt "Russian Federation" and write down the name of another country of citizenship.
For those who have two citizenships only one chosen by the respondent shall be specified. In case of oral answer mark shall not contain word "Russia", but "Russian Federation" shall be used instead.
If a respondent finds it difficult to answer this question, he shall be reminded that the citizenship is indicated by the passport of the country or another document indicating the citizenship of a person. In this case a census taker is strictly forbidden to demand the passport or to show a record about citizenship in it.
For those who do not have a citizenship, a "no citizenship" prompt shall be marked.
The citizenship of children under 14 years of age is identified by their parents.
[Footnote: For acquisition and termination of the Russian Federation citizenship by the child of 14 to 18 years old his consent is required (according to the Russian Federation citizenship Federal law of 31.05.2002 No. 62-FZ, Article 9 clause 2).]
Space for numbers after writing name of the country in words is left blank.