In August 2021, amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation and other legislation regulating the legal status of stateless people came into force. By the beginning of January 2022, about 600 stateless people had been documented in Russia (according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs), and this problem received substantial media attention when the first stateless person's certificate was issued in Moscow. This blog examines the grounds for celebration of this case and the work ahead to protect the rights of stateless peoples in Russia.