Ways to confirm Russian citizenship for adults and children in USA

If both internal and foreign travel passports have expired and the individual did not previously register at the Consulate, he or she must to submit additional documents to confirm Russian citizenship. Only after this confirmation can a citizen obtain a new foreign travel passport. If an individual lost his or her passport and would like to replace it, he or she must submit, along with all the required documents, a statement explaining the circumstances of the loss and a document from the police confirming that the incident has been reported to them (ibid.). If an individual lost the passport and he or she cannot wait three months for the new passport, a "certificate of return" can be issued. The "certificate of return" temporarily replaces a foreign travel document allowing entrance into Russia and confirms the identity and citizenship of the person. Upon his or her return to Russia, an individual who did not present his other internal passport to the Consulate, and who is not registered at the Consulate, must contact an appropriate branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain a note in the internal passport indicating that a foreign travel passport was issued. The foreign travel passport will also be stamped in order to indicate that [translation] "the note in the internal passport has been made".