{"id":116,"date":"2020-07-09T13:36:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:48:53","slug":"unhcr-russia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/where-to-find-help\/unhcr-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fae800\"><em>In case of an emergency, you can reach out to UNHCR via this hotline number:<\/em> <br><strong>+7\u00a0(903) 792-22-79 [<mark style=\"background-color:#faeb00\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>WhatsApp, Telegram<\/strong><\/mark>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>UNHCR Office in the Russian Federation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: 9 Leontievsky lane, Moscow, Russia 125375<strong><br>Tel.<\/strong>: +7 (495) 660-09-01 <strong><br>E-mail<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:RUSMO@unhcr.org\">RUSMO@unhcr.org<\/a><br><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.ru\/\">www.UNHCR.ru<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role of UNHCR in Russia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The role of UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) in the\nRussian Federation is to assist the government in finding solutions to the\nsituation of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons through expert\nsupport, training programs and funding a number of projects aimed at assisting\npersons of concern to UNHCR, in particular, legal counselling and social\nsupport to persons with special needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR and partners assist persons who are\ngranted refugee status and temporary asylum to integrate in Russia. UNHCR also\nhelps asylum seekers and refugees to repatriate to their country of origin if\nthey wish to do so, provided that the return will take place in safety and\ndignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>All services of UNHCR and its partner organizations are FREE.<\/strong> <br> <strong>Any person or organization offering access to UNHCR and partner organization services for money or favours should be<\/strong> <strong>reported to UNHCR immediately.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Asylum seekers approaching UNHCR and partner\norganizations are provided with general information on the national asylum procedure.\nApplicants can get more information and qualified legal assistance on asylum\nissues in the Russian Federation from UNHCR partners. Especially\nvulnerable&nbsp; individuals may be offered\nadditional social support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should contact UNHCR or partner\norganizations in the following situations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have\nbeen denied access to the national asylum procedure by the territorial branch\nof the MOI Migration Department;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have\nreceived a negative decision on your refugee or temporary asylum application;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you fear being\nreturned to your country of origin before your asylum application is reviewed\nor before your appeal is decided;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Having been recognized as a refugee or having obtained temporary asylum, as well as having exhausted the asylum procedure, you wish to return to your country of origin;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have\nbeen granted refugee status or temporary asylum status and need assistance with\nobtaining a more permanent legal status in the Russian Federation (temporary\nresidence permit, residence permit or naturalization);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you consider\nyourself to be in a situation of statelessness or find it difficult to\ndetermine your citizenship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/where-to-find-help\/government-institutions\/\">Contact information of government institutions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/where-to-find-help\/unhcr-partners\/\">Assistance from UNHCR Partners<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/applying-for-asylum\/\">Applying for asylum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/rights-and-obligations\/\">Rights and obligations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case of an emergency, you can reach out to UNHCR via this hotline number: +7\u00a0(903) 792-22-79 [WhatsApp, Telegram] UNHCR Office in the Russian Federation Address: 9 Leontievsky lane, Moscow, Russia 125375Tel.: +7 (495) 660-09-01 E-mail: RUSMO@unhcr.orgWebsite: www.UNHCR.ru Role of UNHCR in Russia The role of UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":102,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1806,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/1806"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}