More than 70,000 Russian passports have already been issued in the Kherson region. This was announced on March 1 by the acting governor of the region Vladimir Saldo.
“We expect that in the next two to three months there will be [выдано] already up to 150,000 passports,” Saldo said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24”.
At the end of January, it was reported that more than 100,000 residents of the Zaporozhye region received Russian passports after simplifying the process of issuing documents.
In December last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the procedure for applying for a Russian passport by residents of the new territories.
Residents of the liberated territories from September 23 to 27, 2022 participated in referendums on the issue of joining Russia. In the DPR, according to the results of processing 100% of ballots, 99.23% of citizens voted for integration with Russia, in the LPR – 98.42% of voters. In the Kherson region, the changes were supported by 87.05%, and in the Zaporozhye region – 93.11%.
On September 30, 2022, the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR, DPR), Zaporozhye and Kherson regions officially became part of the Russian Federation.
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass. The decision was made against the backdrop of the aggravated situation in the region due to increased shelling by Ukrainian troops.
