On April 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law simplifying the process of obtaining Russian citizenship for residents of the Russian-controlled territories in Ukraine known as the “Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics.” Ukraine and its allies, including the United States, strongly condemned the measure. In justifying the move, Putin said that residents of these “republics” were “generally deprived of any civil rights.”
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Polygraph: Putin makes misleading claim justifying passports to Ukrainians
In this file photo taken on Nov. 8, 2018 a street vendor sells souvenirs in Donetsk, Ukraine.
