Putin signs decree facilitating Ukrainians to get Russian citizenship

MOSCOW

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree, extending a simplified procedure to all residents of Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship.

The decree, published on the government portal, enables all Ukrainian citizens, as well as “stateless persons permanently residing” in Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship through a simplified procedure.

On May 25, Putin signed a decree easing Russian citizenship rules for residents of Ukraine's Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions.