kyiv accuses Moscow of using this strategy to establish its influence
Russia announced on Monday that it will facilitate access to Russian nationality for all Ukrainians, although, at the moment, this measure only applied to the territories occupied by the Kremlin forces. “Citizens of Ukraine have the right to apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation according to the simplified procedure,” stated a decree by Vladimir Putin. The president thus extends a right approved in May for residents of Zaporizhia and Kherson.
Meanwhile, the kyiv government accuses Moscow of distributing Russian passports in neighboring countries to establish its influence. Before Ukraine, it did the same thing in the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, in Georgia, and in Transnistria, in Moldova.
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