Must you report an Italian permesso to Russia's MVD?

Art. 11 of Law 138-FZ on Russian citizenship (as amended on 26.06.2026) requires a notification for each residence permit or other document giving the right to permanent residence abroad. The deadline is 60 calendar days from receiving it; if you were outside Russia at the time, 60 days from entering Russia. It is filed with the MVD, including through Gosuslugi, or, from abroad, at a Russian consulate (amendment 648-FZ of 25.12.2023).

Filing late or with incomplete details means a fine of 500-1000 roubles (art. 19.8.3 of the Administrative Code); not filing at all falls under art. 330.2 of the Criminal Code: a fine of up to 200,000 roubles or up to 400 hours of community work. The 200,000 figure repeated in the chats refers to not filing at all, not to filing late.

Whether a 1-2 year permesso di soggiorno counts as a permanent-residence document the law does not say directly, and the chats disagree. Members' experience (31 questions in 2023-2026) is that most people notify through Gosuslugi within a few days, file again for every new permesso after a renewal, and do not file for a ricevuta. A 2025 case describes a warning being issued for a late notification on arrival in Russia.

People also ask which date starts the 60 days when the card's validity begins before the day it was handed over. The law counts from the day you receive the document, so keep proof of when the questura issued your permesso.