after the collapse of the soviet union in 1991, however, a large number of people from the former soviet union republics migrated into the russian federation. in direct response to the dramatic migration into the country, russia, in 1992, accepted the establishment of the unhcr and established the federal migration service ("fms"). a year after establishing the fms, russia acceded to the 1951 convention (and the 1967 protocol) and enacted specific legislation to address the increased migration.