Russian President Vladimir Putin simplified the procedure for granting Russian citizenship to everyone who permanently resides in Ukraine.

This was reported by the Russian portal of legal information.

According to the decree, all citizens of Ukraine or stateless persons who permanently reside on its territory have the right to apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified procedure.

It should be noted that before the current decree, the simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship applied to residents of the occupied Donbas, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, as well as Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by Ukraine.

We recall that previously it was reported that Russia intends to expand the geography of mobilization of Ukrainians in the occupied territories. And one of the conditions for mobilization is obtaining a Russian passport.

On July 1, 2022, Ukraine introduced a visa regime for citizens of the Russian Federation.