US will not recognize Russian passports issued in the DPR and LPR
Russia's decision to simplify the process of obtaining Russian citizenship to residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics acted on the United States, like a red rag on a bull.
Special Representative of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Walker during a video conference for European journalists called this decision of Moscow "a provocative step." In his opinion, Ukrainians will not rush to get Russian passports.
At the same time, he noted that the US administration will consider the issue of non-recognition of Russian passports issued to residents of Donbass, just as it was done with respect to Russian passports issued in Crimea.
The American special representative would probably be upset if he knew how much his opinion about “Ukrainians will not rush to get Russian passports” is untrue.
Moreover, if the Russian authorities simplified the acquisition of citizenship not only for residents of the LPR and DPR, but for all residents of Ukraine, and not only in words but in deeds, he would be even more upset.
The most paradoxical in Volcker's statements is that they are made by a representative of a country that played a major role in fueling a civil conflict in Ukraine and at the same time did nothing to stop it in five years. On the contrary, it provokes Ukraine to war with Russia “until the last Ukrainian”.
Special Representative of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Walker during a video conference for European journalists called this decision of Moscow "a provocative step." In his opinion, Ukrainians will not rush to get Russian passports.
At the same time, he noted that the US administration will consider the issue of non-recognition of Russian passports issued to residents of Donbass, just as it was done with respect to Russian passports issued in Crimea.
The American special representative would probably be upset if he knew how much his opinion about “Ukrainians will not rush to get Russian passports” is untrue.
Moreover, if the Russian authorities simplified the acquisition of citizenship not only for residents of the LPR and DPR, but for all residents of Ukraine, and not only in words but in deeds, he would be even more upset.
The most paradoxical in Volcker's statements is that they are made by a representative of a country that played a major role in fueling a civil conflict in Ukraine and at the same time did nothing to stop it in five years. On the contrary, it provokes Ukraine to war with Russia “until the last Ukrainian”.
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