Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday Moscow is considering fast-tracking Russian citizenship for all Ukrainians, not only those living in the war-torn east
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Putin made his comments during a press conference at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Russian state news agency This comes days after Putin signed a presidential decree that would allow people who permanently reside in certain areas of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions to apply for Russian citizenship through a simplified process.Thursday “as another attack on Ukraine's sovereignty by Russia.” The plan also drew condemnation from the U.S. and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The Russian government said that the new decree is designed to help people on humanitarian grounds, “protecting human and citizens’ rights and freedoms.”“Russia wants further escalation and chaos in Ukraine and therefore continues to complicate the rules of the game,” Dmytro Kuleba, Kiev’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe,
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