Applications for Russian passports have started coming from residents across the Kherson region, the regional military-civilian administration’s spokesman Sergey Moroz told TASS on Wednesday.
"Demand remains high, people are eager to get Russian passports. Many are seeking Russian citizenship but there is currently only one application center so there are crowds and long lines. People have started coming from all over the region, there is a great number of them," he pointed out.
On May 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree relaxing rules for granting Russian citizenship to residents of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. On June 11, the first passports were presented to the Kherson region’s residents at a ceremony dedicated to Russia Day marked on June 12. The regional authorities earlier announced plans to set up more passport application centers.
