During nine months of the current year, 1305 citizens have applied to the State Migration Service of Armenia regarding their ban to enter Russia. They asked the service representatives to submit a relevant application to the Russian side to remove the ban.  

1265 out of the received applications were sent to the Russian side, only 311 of them receiving positive response.  

The number of citizens applying with the request to remove the ban on entering Russia has reduced. During the six months of 2014, 3720 people applied to the State Migration Service of Armenia with such a request, their number amounting to 7843 last year.

As a result of toughening migration legislation of Russia, the 10-year ban to enter the country has begun to be applied in regard to numerous foreign citizens.