4 ALPEYEVA AND DZHALAGONIYA v. RUSSIA JUDGMENT 30. On 14 April 2009 she was granted Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure on the basis of a FMS decision of 16 March 2009 to this effect. 31. On 27 March 2010 the first applicant was issued with a Russian passport. B. Application no. 33330/11 1. Background 32. The second applicant was born in 1965 and lives in Kostroma. 33. According to the second applicant, between 1987 and 2010 he lived in the Rostov Region. Initially, he had a Soviet Union passport issued on 21 December 1981 by the Chkhorozkuskiy Department of the Interior of the Republic of Georgia. 34. On 23 December 1998, in accordance with the procedure then in force, the second applicant was issued with an insert for his passport (вкладыш) specifying that he was a citizen of the Russian Federation. 35. On 19 February 2002 the Passport and Visa Directorate of Police Office no. 1 of Taganrog, in the Rostov Region, issued the second applicant with a Russian passport. 36. In 2010 the second applicant moved to Kostroma. 2. FMS checks 37. On 18 January 2010 the second applicant applied to the FMS of the Centralniy District of Kostroma to register his place of residence. 38. According to the Government, owing to doubts as to whether the second applicant had been issued with a Russian passport in accordance with the established procedure, the FMS of the Centralniy District of Kostroma sent a request to the FMS of the Rostov Region. 39. On 30 June 2010 the FMS of the Rostov Region issued a certificate which reads, in so far as relevant: “On 19 February 2002 [the second applicant] was issued with [a Russian passport] following the exchange of [his passport] issued on 21 December 1981 by the Chkhorozkuskiy Department of the Interior of the Republic of Georgia. In section 8 of the application for issue (exchange) of [the second applicant’s] passport it is noted ‘RF citizen according to section 13(1)’. According to the information [available to the FMS of the Rostov Region], [the second applicant] has not been registered at the address [in Taganrog] since 17 February 2010, as he has moved to Kostroma. In the database of [the Ministry of Foreign Affairs], available to the FMS of the Rostov Region, there is no information as to whether [the second applicant] has obtained Russian citizenship.