More than 42 thousand Ukrainians have applied for Russian citizenship for the period From January of this year, much more than in the same period last year, told reporters on Thursday, Deputy head of the Department on citizenship of the FMS of Russia Gennady Damascena.
" A statement On granting citizenship of the Russian Federation appealed 42, 5 thousand for the period From January of this year, " said Damascena. He said that in the past year, these references were about seven thousand for the same period.
" Once people complained and it was taken, the failure is the opportunity to be only in the cases stipulated by legislative act. Consequently, the probability is substantial, that they'll get it, " said the Commissioner of the Department.
The flow of immigrants From the South-East of Ukraine has greatly increased Since June amid ongoing fighting between supporters of independence Donetsk and Kyiv national security. The main influx was on the border of the Rostov region, where it was placed More than 50 thousand Inhabitants of Ukraine. According to the Federal migration service of the Russian Federation, in the period From 1 April to about 820 thousand Citizens of Ukraine arrived in the Russian Federation and remained on its territory.
according to the poll, More than 50% of Russian citizens believe that it is necessary to simplify the procedure of obtaining citizenship for Ukrainian immigrants.
Kyiv authorities Since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat citizens of Donbass. According to the UN on 21 September, the victims of the conflict were More than 3, 2 thousands of civilians, More than 8 thousand were injured body. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine read
Kyiv authorities and Eastern militias held in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE dialogues, during which a consensus has universal stop the fire, the establishment of public security on the current line of contact, withdrawal of heavy weapons from this zone and settlements and deploy a monitoring mission of the OSCE.
in early autumn, the parties agreed to a truce and a few questions About the status of the region (), and September 19, developed to implement the Memorandum of nine points. The text of the Memorandum was read after negotiations, the Ukrainian Ombudsman, the second head of state Leonid Kuchma.
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