Citizens of Ukraine from the first of March will be able to enter the Russian Federation only on foreign passports. About It recalled the Ministry for the occupied territories and internally displaced persons of Ukraine (Minot). To cross the border with Russia, Ukrainian Citizens could internal passport or birth certificate that was written in effect before the agreement between Moscow and Kyiv on visa-free travel. Fresh rules of entry was defined by the decision of the Ukrainian government on 18 December 2019. Ukrainians who left the country Before March 1 of the internal passport or birth certificate, will be able to return from Russia home for those documents on which it was left. Ukrainian officials said that crossing the border with Russia through the uncontrolled Kiev checkpoints "on occupied territories" is infractions of the law of the country. According to the innovation, Citizens on the territories of DNR and LNR and Crimea are required to issue a passport or corresponding document for access. the government of Ukraine told that the border crossing the passport will be faster. This is due to the fact that the border guards will not have to enter a list of all the data about the citizens and their documents in manual mode, it will read from the passport automatically. The Head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadim Pristayko called fresh rules of crossing of border with Russia " European ", although in certain countries, and among them Belarus and Turkey, the Ukrainians have the opportunity to drive for internal passports. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine also said that the new rules are bound to deny the possibility of criminals and debtors to flee the country. The citizens of Russia the government of Ukraine has forbidden to enter on internal passports in 2015, citing "the need to strengthen surveillance" at the border. according to the border service of Ukraine, the passenger traffic at the border line with Russia in 2019 decreased by ten % compared with the previous year and amounted to not more than ten million people. According to authorities, the border with Russia in 2019 crossed the 7 million Ukrainians that eight hundred thousand in less than one year Before. <span style="color:darkgray