Russia will distribute Russian passports in the Kherson region, Putin signed a decree

Vladimir Putin today signed a decree on a simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for residents of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced document signed by the President of the Russian Federation, published on the official portal of legal information.

The decree comes into force from the moment of its signing.

The document provides for a change in Decree No. 183, signed by Putin in April 2019. Then the President of the Russian Federation allowed Ukrainian citizens living in the territory of ORDLO to apply for Russian citizenship in a simplified manner “in order to protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen.”

Earlier in May to this category added those who have already received citizenship of one of the unrecognized republics. Now Russia is adding to the number of those who can obtain citizenship in a simplified manner, also citizens of Ukraine living in the territory of the temporarily occupied Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

how write Russian publics, on the evening of May 24, the so-called deputy head of the “military-civilian administration” of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, also announced that all document circulation in the region would be conducted in Russian.

Recall that the occupying power in Kherson asked the Russian Federation set up a military base in the area. However, Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, said today that “it is premature to talk about the creation of a Russian military base in the Kherson region“.

Also Focus reported that the Russian the occupiers introduced rubles in the Kherson region. The leadership of the occupation administration announced the appearance “in the near future” in the city of a branch of one of the banks of the Russian Federation, where residents will be able to open accounts.