Lubinets called Ukrainians in the uncontrolled territories to take passports of the Russian Federation: why is it necessary
"I would advise you to take the Russian passport, however, it is the most important thing for myself. The Ukrainian Ombudsman assured people that he understands how the so -called certification in the occupied cities and towns. "We understand that this happens under pressure, physical pressure. Therefore, take a passport, survive, wait for we to release this territory or go from there," the Ombudsman added.
In addition to physical violence and psychological pressure, invaders can also forcefully deport those Ukrainians who will abandon Russian passports. After all, the corresponding decree was recently signed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "I think that all citizens of Ukraine who will give up the Russian passport are simply arrested.
Lubinets also told that the Verkhovna Rada is already working on a new project of law, which will allow Ukrainians who received passports of the Russian Federation, to abandon the citizenship of the aggressor country and to receive a new Ukrainian passport. We will remind, on April 12 it became known that in the Russian Federation in the detention center keep a 25-year-old Ukrainian.
The girl was detained in December last year on the Georgian-Russian border, when she was traveling to the occupied Crimea to look after the terminally ill father. The motive of detention and arrest is the rejection of the Russian passport. On the same day, it became known that in the Russian Federation they want to check Ukrainians with Russian passports.