$OH[DQGHU6DOHQNR further fine-tuning of rules regarding the main forms of Russian ID can be expected, especially the adoption of the special Federal Law (lex specialis) specifying the main identity documents and their content. The legislative initiatives and case law discussed thus far may only be the tip of the iceberg. Besides these drafts there are several other political initiatives which intend to re-establish the nationality notification in the Russian passport. The issue of voluntary notification will probably remain the key question in Russian political debate during the next few years. Perhaps the best possible solution for this challenging question would be the adoption of the voluntary procedure of the nationality notification in the Russian passport, i.e. the same voluntary requirement involved in the issuing of birth certificates and other official certificates. In any case, there are several different parties interested in a change of the existing Russian legislation: political parties, patriotic and nationalistic NGOs, the Russian Orthodox Church and other actors in Russian society. For example, in 2003, the corresponding initiative of the Volgograd Regional Duma was supported by the several regional legislative bodies, in particular the Republic of Altai, St.Petersburg, the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan), the Republic of Khakassia, the Kostroma Region, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the Krasnodar Krai (Territory), the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Territory), the Tula Region, the Chuvash Republic Chuvashia and the Republic of Daghestan.66 Thus, the initiative to re-establish the nationality notification in the passport was also supported by representatives of the national minorities in Russia. Furthermore, similar initiatives are now present in other post-Soviet states, i.e. in the Ukraine67 and Lithuania68. In February 2009, Kazakh lawmakers even re-established the nationality notification on a voluntary basis in the passport.69 Some post-Soviet states have retained space in the passport for the nationality notification ever since the end of the Soviet period (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan). Therefore, the Russian passport regime regarding nationality notification cannot be considered to have been stabilized. In the coming years, the nationality issue will generate much political and legislative work for Russian policymakers. In the Russian Duma election campaign of 2011 and the Russian presidential elections of 2012, the issue of nationality played a dominant role in the programs of different political forces.70 This suggests that the issue of the interrelation between nationality and citizenship will continue to be of great significance for Russia as well for other former Soviet republics. 66 ‘No’ to passports without the ‘nationality’ column. Russkiy Vestnik. 18.03.2003 («O#/» (&.()+/&= :#9 %+&4' "&D1)"&$6")./6». ?8..;1@ *#./"1;. 18.03.2003.) http://www.rv.ru/content.php3?id=749 67 In the Ukraine, there are two famous legislative initiatives with regard to the re-establishment of the nationality information in the passport. One legislative draft was prepared by the member of the political party NUNS Vladimir Moysik. This political party can be described as pro-presidential i.e. supporting the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushenko. The second legislative draft was initiated by the member of the Ukrainian National Party Stepan Khmara. See: «The team-mate of Yushenko proposes reintroducing the nationality column into the Ukrainian passport». News agency REGNUM. 09.09.2009. http://www.regnum.ru/news/1204049.html «Ukrainian right wing forces suggest providing obligatory information about nationality in passports and birth certificates». News agency REGNUM BELARUS. 25.12.2007. http://belarus.regnum.ru/news/937267.html 68 «In Lithuania the suggestion was made to re-establish the nationality column in the passport». News agency LENTA.RU. Rambler Media Group. 02.02.2011. http://lenta.ru/news/2011/02/02/pass/ 69 «The public authorities have returned the nationality column into the passport». News agency LENTA.RU. Rambler Media Group. 13.02.2009. http://lenta.ru/news/2009/02/13/pass/ 70 ‘The Communist Party of Russia suggests reinstating the ‘nationality’ column in the passport’. News agency INTERFAX. 24.10.2011. http://kprf.ru/rus_soc/98097.html  56&$6(8'2&,7&5‹$XWKRU