RussianCitizenship

Russian passports issued to almost 530,000 Donbas residents – media

Putin enacted an expedited passport issuance procedure for Donbas residents two years ago.

22:30, 02.05.2021

"LPR" representative at Minsk talks granted Russian citizenship (Photo, video)

A photocopy of Deinego's Russian passport has been posted by Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Ukraine's envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group's political subgroup Oleksiy Reznikov.

12:25, 16.05.2020

Ex-deputy head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry granted Russian citizenship

In 2011, the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych appointed Vorona to the post of deputy minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

16:46, 17.08.2019

Trap for Ukrainian authorities. Why Putin simplifies naturalization of Donbas residents

18:30, 19.07.2019

Opinion

IDP Ministry on Zelensky's idea of issuing passports to ethnic Ukrainians: Risks need to be assessed

Zelensky instructed Ukraine's Foreign Ministry to elaborate a simplified procedure for certain groups to attain Ukrainian citizenship.

23:57, 18.07.2019

Putin extends simplified Russian citizenship rules to all residents of Donetsk, Luhansk regions

The Russian president signed a decree on simplified procedures for granting Russian citizenship to residents of Russia-occupied districts of Ukraine's east late in April 2019.

20:53, 17.07.2019

Updated

Ukraine's National Guard officer with Russian passport busted collecting classified defense-related data

In 2014, the man, who supports the ideology of the so-called "Russian world", left for the temporarily annexed Crimea where he obtained Russian citizenship.

20:30, 10.07.2019

Ukraine protests against Russia-based centers issuing passports for Donbas

Ukraine calls on international partners not to recognize and not to accept documents issued by the Russian Federation to Ukrainian citizens residing in Russia-occupied Donbas.

18:59, 30.04.2019

Ukraine should officially recommend Russian citizens leave occupied Donbas – official

This move should follow Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement on the issue of Russian passports to residents in eastern Ukraine.

15:29, 30.04.2019

Ukraine preparing new anti-Russian sanctions over Putin's move on passports in Donbas

Kyiv will insist on imposing not personal sanctions, as was the case with Russia's aggression in the Kerch Strait, but on tougher sectoral or economic ones.

17:15, 27.04.2019

Captain of seized Nord vessel reportedly flees to Crimea, Ukrainian border guards checking details

A Ukrainian court banned Horbenko from visiting Crimea.

16:45, 11.02.2019

Klimkin ready to discuss criminal liability for "concealed Russian citizenship"

Klimkin says all cases of obtaining Russian citizenship should be investigated by the Ukrainian special services.

02:58, 06.10.2018

Bill on 'migration amnesty' for Ukrainians from Donbas, Crimea tabled in Russia's Duma

The draft law allows citizens of Ukraine with a residence permit in Russia to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner.

23:21, 25.06.2018

Media claim evidence emerges of Odesa Mayor’s Russian citizenship

Journalists at Ukrayinska Pravda, a Ukrainian online news outlet, report they can prove the mayor of Ukraine’s major seaport and resort city of Odesa, Gennady Trukhanov, is, in fact, a holder of a Russian passport.

21:20, 20.11.2017