Zelensky wants to grant citizenship to ethnic Ukrainians living abroad

Kyiv may begin to provide ethnic Ukrainians living abroad with a second citizenship - Ukrainian.

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Also, a Ukrainian passport under the simplified procedure will be able to people whose rights and freedoms are violated in their countries, reports the Office of the President.

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“For his part, the President of Ukraine instructs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop a mechanism for providing Ukrainian citizenship as a second one for ethnic Ukrainians from friendly countries seeking to join the development of their historical homeland. “Vladimir Zelensky also instructs to develop a mechanism for the simplified provision of Ukrainian citizenship to people who suffer from violations of rights and freedoms in their countries,” the message says.

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The Zelensky administration also commented on the signing by Russian President Vladimir Putin Decree on the simplified procedure for granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainians.

“We understand that it is aimed at our citizens who are forced to live in temporarily occupied territories. This step creates additional obstacles on the path to de-escalation of the conflict and reintegration of Donbass, a commitment to which the Russian leadership has repeatedly declared,” the OP concluded.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• 24 April Putin signed a decree on the simplified receipt of Russian passports by residents of the “LPR” and “DPR”. The president said that Moscow has no desire to create problems for Kiev, but “the situation with the rights in the Donbass goes beyond all borders.” He also admitted that all residents of Ukraine will soon be able to receive Russian passports in a simplified manner.
• President-elect of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, in turn, call Moscow’s decision to attempt to “seduce the citizens of Ukraine” and stressed that Kiev intends to “protect, grant asylum and Ukrainian citizenship to all Russians who are ready to fight for freedom”.
• First Russian passports to Ukrainians began to issue 30 AprilAccording to the Russian authorities, there were quite a few people who wanted to receive them.
• As a result, the Ukrainian authorities stated that recognize simplified Russian passports as invalid and other countries called for it.

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