Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree, extending a simplified procedure for all residents of Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship.
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President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree offering Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians.
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The decree, published on the government portal, enables all Ukrainian citizens, as well as “stateless persons permanently residing” in Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship through a simplified procedure.
On May 25, Putin signed a decree easing Russian citizenship rules for residents of Ukraine's Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.
