News archive on the topic "Russian passports"

The European Union condemns and does not recognize Russian passports, which will be issued to Ukrainians under a simplified system based on Putin’s latest decree. This was stated by the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell. “The new Russian legislation, which now simplifies the procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for all Ukrainians, is another gross violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine related to Russia’s illegal war,” the European official claims.…

Lithuania advocates that Russian passports, which are issued to residents of Donbass under a simplified procedure, are not recognized at the EU level, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry reported this position of Vilnius to the Baltic News Service. “Currently, negotiations are underway in Brussels with member countries and responsible authorities of the European Union on how to technically implement...

Today, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided not to recognize passports issued by the Russian Federation after April 24, 2019 to residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, if the passport holder was not previously a citizen of Russia, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in a statement published by the press service of the Estonian Foreign Ministry. Thus, the decision comes into force immediately, the Foreign Ministry emphasized. According to the minister...

Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin sent letters to the heads of foreign affairs departments of “partner” countries demanding that they strengthen anti-Russian sanctions and refuse to recognize Russian passports issued in Donbass. Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Katerina Zelenko announced this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I brought one document specifically for the briefing. This is a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin to the heads of foreign policy departments...

The initiative to issue Russian passports to residents of the part of Donbass not controlled by Ukraine was taken to justify the start of a new war in Donbass by the “Russian aggressor”. People's Deputy Refat Chubarov stated this on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is a kind of test for the newly elected president, this is a form of congratulations from Russia - you have been chosen, please, this is a gift for you. That is,…

The decree of the Russian President on a simplified regime for issuing Russian passports to residents of the LDPR does not bring us closer to solving the main task - a ceasefire in Donbass. This was reported in a special statement by the Zelensky Team Telegram channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “By the decree on the issuance of Russian passports to citizens of Ukraine who are located in territories temporarily not under the control of our country, the Russian Federation admitted its responsibility in...

One of the points for issuing Russian passports to residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics is located in the border town of Matveev Kurgan, Rostov region. Military correspondent Semyon Pegov reported this on his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the building of the point is adjacent to local school No. 1. “Preparation (repair, in particular) and organization of the process began back in March. Besides,…

Having signed a decree on simplifying the procedure for issuing Russian citizenship to residents of the DPR and LPR, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed skepticism regarding the new course of the Ukrainian authorities. This opinion was expressed to a PolitNavigator correspondent by Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky. “Everyone was expecting something like this; rumors about the distribution of passports have been circulating for a month and a half. I think that by this Putin shows that he is not very...

Russia must start treating the residents of Donbass as real Russians and issue Russian passports to citizens of the republics. The famous Russian journalist and military correspondent Marina Akhmedova stated this in her blog, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to her, there is no chance that the “peace party” will come to power in Kyiv, which means that the war will last for...

In Ukraine, it is possible to introduce dual citizenship, but not for Russians. The head of the country's Foreign Ministry, Pavel Klimkin, stated this during a speech in Lvov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the minister, the ban should also apply to civil servants and the Ukrainian military. “Those who have Russian passports, let them hand them in, everyone else - let’s talk. Dual citizenship can...

Many Ukrainian citizens will find Russian and Polish roots to leave the country if Moscow and Warsaw start handing out passports, as Hungary is doing now. Director of the Agency for Social Communications Sergei Belashko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There will be a distribution of passports. Look, serious players have not yet joined in the distribution of passports -...

The best response to the Russophobia of official Kyiv would be the mass issuance of Russian passports to all Ukrainian citizens who wish to do so. State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Denis Parfyonov stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Since the last convocation, a bill on a simplified procedure for issuing Russian citizenship to Ukrainian citizens has been collecting dust. It is clear that there must be security check procedures. To those people who...

Issuing Russian passports to the population of Donbass should help Kyiv turn on its brains and begin to solve its internal problems. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Russian writer Sergei Shargunov said this in an interview with the publication “Ukraina.Ru”, reports the correspondent of “PolitNavigator”. He said that together with Konstantin Zatulin he introduced a whole package of bills that should simplify the stay on the territory of the Russian Federation for people who come from Ukraine.…

Russia must protect Russians who live in the territory of the former Soviet Union. The leader of the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, stated this today from the rostrum of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He called for the restoration of the Russian world. “Let it be within the borders of the former USSR or a little narrower. We must protect the state-forming people. We are the most multinational country, but it’s the Russians who suffer. In Donbass...