Russia is not giving special treatment to holders of separatist passports from uncontrolled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, despite the fact that the Kremlin has partially recognized the regions, according to the news website RBC.
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Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko (L) hands out new passports in Donetsk on March 16, 2016. Russian-backed separatists on March 16, 2016, began issuing their own passports.
