FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IN THE EX-SOVIET SPACE. THE PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING AND WITHDRAWING CITIZENSHIP IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE CITIZEN IN THE EXSOVIET SPACE EXPERIENCED, AT LEAST UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONFLICT, A CONSISTENTLY POSITIVE EVOLUTION, DESPITE OBVIOUS VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, OF THE FREEDOMS OF EXPRESSION AND POLITICAL ASSOCIATION. AN IMPORTANT FIELD, WHICH NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY ANALYSED AND DEVELOPED IN SEPARATE WORKS, IS THE ONE CIRCUMSCRIBED TO THE RESEARCH OF THE WAY AND LEGAL PROCEDURES FOR GRANTING AND WITHDRAWING CITIZENSHIP IN THE TWO SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO CREATE AN OVERALL VISION OF THE CONCEPT OF CITIZENSHIP, THE AUTHOR OF THIS PAPER, WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE EFFORTS IN THIS RESEARCH NICHE, MAKES A SHORT FORAY INTO THE CITIZENSHIP LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.