People who live permanently in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine will take an oath on being granted Russian citizenship, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree On Determining for Humanitarian purpose the Categories of People Who Have the Right to apply for Russian Citizenship using Simplified Procedures.
The decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and is available for viewing on the Kremlin website.
According to the decree, the Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the Federal Security Service, the Russian Guard, and the heads of the Russian regions where authorized Interior Ministry bodies are located are ordered to “provide conditions for people on whom a decision is made to grant them Russian citizenship to take an oath of a citizen of the Russian Federation.”
The Interior Ministry is also obligated to determine the procedure for making decisions on applications for Russian citizenship filed in accordance with the decree, as well as the procedures for issuing Russian passports to those granted Russian citizenship.
