He received his Russian citizenship in April 23, 2013.
Article 61 supersedes it for the people holding the Russian citizenship.
If one or both parents lose Russian citizenship, their children lose it too.
He then applied for a notice of Russian citizenship in his passport, but this was rejected by executive officers.
He did have the option to apply for Russian citizenship through registration.
Russian citizenship, and being in state service is not obligatory.
He would then gain Russian citizenship upon his recruitment.
He formerly had Russian citizenship and started for Russia until 2002.
He decided however not to take Russian citizenship.
He was granted Russian citizenship by a special decree.