Membership
There are three types of membership in the RAS: full members (academicians), corresponding members and foreign members. Academicians and corresponding members must be citizens of the Russian Federation when elected. However, some academicians and corresponding members had been elected before the collapse of the USSR and are now citizens of other countries. Members of RAS are elected based on their scientific contributions - election to membership is considered very prestigious. As of 2005-2007 there are just under 500 full members in the academy and a similar number of corresponding members.
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