Ukraine drafted a law on criminal liability for obtaining a Russian passport

Ukraine drafted a law on criminal liability for obtaining a Russian passport



In Ukraine, a draft law has been developed, according to which criminal liability will be provided for obtaining Russian citizenship, about this informed TASS with reference to the Ministry for the Reintegration of Uncontrolled Territories of Ukraine.

"<...> a bill has been prepared introducing criminal liability for: acquisition of citizenship and / or obtaining a passport of an aggressor state (Ukraine considers Russia as such. - ed.) by civil servants or representatives of local governments in the absence of signs of treason; propaganda, public appeals, coercion to do so; restriction of the rights of people who have not received citizenship or a passport of the aggressor state,” the statement said.

At the same time, obtaining a Russian passport or citizenship can be justified only if the person who received it is going to return to Ukraine through Russia and third countries.

The day before, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, said that all Ukrainians who voluntarily received Russian passports would be convicted of treason. At the same time, this punishment will not apply to those who received a Russian passport because of a pension or for other reasons, he specified.

The start of work on the bill became known on July 22. Then Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of Uncontrolled Territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that the acquisition of Russian citizenship by Ukrainians, regardless of the circumstances, should be considered a crime. Later, she clarified that residents of those territories of Ukraine that are under the control of the Russian military are not threatened with criminal liability for obtaining a Russian passport if there are no grounds to suspect them of collaborationism.

Former Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decree, according to which all residents of Ukraine will be able to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner. According to the new amendments, this opportunity now applies to all residents of Ukraine, and not only to the population of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and regions of Ukraine controlled by the Russian armed forces.

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