ussian Federation shall admit, upon application by the Swiss Confederation and in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Agreement, any third-country national or stateless person who does not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of the Swiss Confederation provided that evidence can be furnished, in accordance with Article 10 of this Agreement, that such person:
a) holds, at the time of submission of the readmission application, a valid visa issued by the Russian Federation entering the territory of the Swiss Confederation directly from the territory of the former; or
b) holds, at the time of submission of the readmission application, a valid residence authorisation issued by the Russian Federation; or
c) unlawfully entered the territory of the Swiss Confederation directly from the territory of the Russian Federation; or
d) was an applicant for asylum in the Russian Federation at the time of his or her departure and did not possess a valid visa for any State he or she passed through on his or her way to the Swiss Confederation.
2) The readmission obligation provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply if:
a) the third-country national or stateless person has only been in airside transit via an International airport of the Russian Federation; or
b) the Swiss Confederation has issued to the third-country national or stateless person a visa or residence authorisation unless that person is in possession of a visa or residence authorisation, issued by the Russian Federation, which has a longer period of validity; or
c) the third-country national or stateless person enjoyed visa-free access to the territory of the Swiss Confederation.
3) After the Russian Federation has given a positive reply to the readmission application, the Swiss Confederation issues to the person concerned a travel document recognized by the Russian Federation.
Section II. READMISSION OBLIGATIONS
BY THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
Article 4
Readmission of Swiss nationals
1) The Swiss Confederation shall admit, upon application by the Russian Federation and in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Agreement, any person who does not, or no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of the Russian Federation provided that it is established, in accordance with Article 9 of this Agreement, that such person is a national of the Swiss Confederation.
The same shall apply to illegally present or residing persons who possessed the nationality of the Swiss Confederation at the time of entering the territory of the Russian Federation but subsequently renounced the nationality of the Swiss Confederation in accordance with the national laws of the latter, without acquiring the nationality or a residence authorisation of the Russian Federation or any other State.
2) After the Swiss Confederation has given a positive reply to the readmission application, the competent diplomatic mission or consular post of the Swiss Confederation shall irrespective of the will of the person to be readmitted, as necessary and without delay, issue a travel document required for the return of the person to be readmitted with a period of validity of 30 calendar days. If, for any reason, the person concerned cannot be transferred within the period of validity of that travel document, the competent diplomatic mission or consular post of the Swiss Confederation shall issue a new travel document with a period of validity of the same duration without delay.
Article 5
Readmission of third-country nationals
and stateless persons
1) The Swiss Confederation shall admit, upon application
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