By calling Crimeans Ukrainian citizens, Kyiv turned them into second-class citizens, - media
Kyiv - Simferopol, October 12 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) - Formally, Kyiv recognizes the residents of Crimea as its citizens, but in fact treats them as foreigners.
This contradiction is pointed out by the Kiev publication Vesti. Reporter,” which recalled the words of the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Ostap Semerak, who stated that Kyiv recognizes as its own even those Crimeans who receive Russian passports.
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“As it turned out, it is recognized up to the first border post,” the publication writes. – Because even with a Ukrainian passport, Crimeans, unless they have not yet gone to the potty or are already walking with a stick, are required to have documents with reinforced concrete reasons for their trip to the mainland. Otherwise, you have nothing to do there.”
The laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on temporarily occupied territory and the creation of a free economic zone did not clarify this issue.
“...over time, in 10 years, everything will be fine, the lost Crimea will return to its father’s house, but for now, yes, entry to the mainland is like abroad, through customs; yes, for an amount exceeding 10 thousand occupation rubles in your pocket when crossing the border - confiscation; yes, no banking with the mainland; yes, registration of purchase and sale of housing is only on the mainland; yes, for working in local government - prison, - describes the essence of the laws as one of the paradoxes of Ukrainian reality "Vesti. The reporter. “It is unclear how law-abiding citizens can live in such conditions.”
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