You cannot divide people by passport. There are desperate situations / GORDON

He stated this in an interview with the channel. “House”which came out on August 5th.

“Sometimes a person can be in a situation of despair. Of course, glory to those people and great respect who were able to refuse to passportization, who were able to get away from various“ documents ”of unrecognized“ republics ”and remain with a Ukrainian passport. Of course, we are very grateful to you, you are great. But people are different, circumstances are different. And maybe some woman who hid her Ukrainian passport somewhere is taking care of her lying mother – this woman is not allowed to come here from there to us, but she needs to somehow live, survive. And that’s why she uses a Russian passport or some other “document.” Or to work there. I know what they do there on purpose, they are told: “You can’t get a job here without a Russian passport.” are hired, “the president said.

He stressed that he sympathizes with such citizens.

“I believe that we must understand that situations are different and people cannot be divided according to their passports. A person must be perceived in a completely different way. There are measures that are forced in life, and we all, without going through such tests, cannot fully appreciate it. Therefore, I believe that in terms of certification, it is difficult to talk about people, it is impossible to assess unequivocally, “the head of state added.

Russia’s actions in this situation, in his opinion, are unambiguous – by carrying out certification in Donbass, the Russian Federation violates international law.

“People should also understand that certification [в ОРДЛО] is no different from the certification that was in the Crimea. First, you hand out the passports of the Russian Federation, and then you go and say: “I protect my population, not only the Russian-speaking population.” Not only culture, but also what they supposedly already protect their citizens. This is why it is dangerous. This is the first thing. And the second story with certification is the elections to the State Duma, somewhere else. And so Ukrainians with Russian passports – they (especially at utilities, schools, kindergartens) are put on buses, taken out, forced to vote. This is some kind of slavery, “the president added.

He expects history to wash it away.

“Like after the rain, all this will wash off, it will all pass. And maybe one day there will be one line in some books – well, there was a certification of the then occupied part of Donbass in the history of Ukraine. Well, it was, and then it passed, and everything returned, and Ukraine returned everything. And all this tinsel – certification, some statements – all this will go away. And it is impossible not to be Ukrainian and love all these territories. It’s impossible, “he summed up.