Interesting news.
Yesterday the Government submitted a bill to the Duma, according to which:
a) a perpetual residence permit is introduced. It will not be necessary to renew every 5 years.
Old one will be valid until the its initial term or extension. It can be replaced by a new perpetual one, by paying a state duty of 5,000 rubles.
For foreigners who have children with Russian citizenship and residence in Russia, it will be possible to immediately apply for a residence permit, bypassing the RVP procedure and without passing the exam in Russian and history.
It seems that it will be possible to confirm the residence through the Internet every year.
But there is one bad news - serious tightening: now, having a residence permit, you can continuously be absent for 6 months, that is, you can come to Russia for 1 day during a year and go abroad again and do not annul the residence permit, and under the new law it will be possible no more than 6 months year totally, otherwise annulled.
When it will be accepted, and whether they will make changes to the draft in the Duma, it is not known. The media wrote that they were going to introduce a law on a perpetual residence permit by the fall. In addition, the government and the Ministry of Interior after the entry into force of the bill will have to make changes to their regulations which will require extra time.
So, with an optimistic forecast, everything can earn in the fall and winter of this year or early next year.
The fate of the consideration of the bill can be viewed on the website:
https://sozd.duma.gov.ru/bill/709474-7