All Kherson residents to get Russian passports by end of summer – governor

 

GENICHESK – Plans to formerly integrate Ukrainian residents in Kherson has reached an advanced stage following preparation to issue Russian passports  to all residents of the region.

This is coming months after a referendum in which majority of the residents agreed to be part of Russia, followed by the signing of a declaration formerly incorporating the four regions into Russia by President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian passports will be issued to everybody living on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region by the end of this summer, acting governor of the Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo told TASS on Thursday.

“This process is proceeding very intensively. All the mechanisms are working smoothly. All people living on the left bank who have reached a passport eligibility age will receive Russian passports by the end of this summer,” he said.

He said earlier that Russian passports had been issued to more than 120,000 out of 200,000 people living in the region.