Teller Report

Interior Ministry called the number of applications for admission to Russian citizenship from residents of Donbass

6/3/2019, 5:35:29 PM

The press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported that they had received several thousand applications for admission to citizenship from residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics.


“To date, several thousand applications have been received for the acquisition of Russian citizenship, which will be considered within a period of up to 3 months in accordance with the decree (the President of Russia). In this case, the decision will be received as soon as possible after the completion of all verification activities, ”TASS reports.

On April 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the simplified receipt of Russian passports by residents of the unrecognized republics of Donbass.

On May 7, the DPR set about accepting documents for obtaining Russian citizenship in a simplified manner. The process involves all 33 territorial divisions of the migration service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.