Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree expanding a fast track to Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians. Until recently, only residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians. It's yet another effort to expand Moscow’s influence in war-torn Ukraine.
Until recently, only residents of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and the Kherson regions, large parts of which are under Russian control, were eligible for the simplified procedure.
A process for speedily obtaining Russian citizenship is now available to all Ukrainians following a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
The new decree comes two months after the Russian leader allowed residents of certain southern Ukrainian regions to apply for Russian citizenship in a simplified process.
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