FMS, providing Russian passports over 99% of Crimean residents, continues to work as planned, as in the other regions of the Russian Federation, said the head of the Federal migration service of Russia Konstantin Romodanovsky.

The management of FMS Crimea first reported that 99% of the population received Russian passports back by the end of October. Last Friday on the full completion of the process of Russian passports to the population of Crimea reported the head of the FMS of Russia in the Crimea region Peter jarosz. According to him, there were more than 1, 56 million passports of Citizens of the Russian Federation. About 3, 5 thousand inhabitants of the Crimea wished to retain the Ukrainian citizenship.

According to Romodanovsky, the main work on certification of the Crimea was undertaken in four months.

" The percentage of certification of higher than 99%. Currently, citizens, inhabitants of the Crimea, continue to receive the passport. This is presumably the same speed and the same volume as in other subjects of the Russian Federation, " Romodanovsky said on air of the TV channel " Russia 24 ".

The passports of the Russian Federation in the Republic was made free. With the end of the transition period, From January 1, 2015, the passport of the citizen of the Russian Federation will be subject to a fee of $ 300 rubles, foreign passport - 3, 5 thousand rubles.

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