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Even if Russian invaders in Crimea force Ukrainians or Crimean Tatars to tear up their Ukrainian passports, they will still be Ukrainian citizens, said Serhiy Kislitsa, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN.
In Russian-occupied Crimea, inhabitants of the peninsula are persecuting and pressuring Ukrainian passport holders to get rid of Ukrainian documents. This was stated in an interview with “Crimea.Realii” the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kislitsa
“The fact that Ukrainian passport holders in Crimea are persecuted is a fact. The fact that Ukrainian passport holders are being pressured to get rid of these passports is a fact. But I want to say that Ukrainian citizenship is not a consequence of have a passport. ” This passport is obtained on the basis that you are already a citizen or citizen of Ukraine. Therefore, even if the invaders force Ukrainians or Crimean Tatars to break their Ukrainian passports, they are still citizens of Ukraine, “Kislitsa said.
Employees of the FSB border service of the Russian Federation require Crimeans to show a Russian passport when crossing the administrative border from Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Ukraine, the Crimean Human Rights Group reported in July. For those who do not have a Russian passport, the invaders impose fines.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine pointed out that Ukrainian citizens living in Crimea will not be deprived of Ukrainian citizenship by forcible receipt of a Russian passport.
Russia annexed Crimea after illegal referendum on March 16, 2014… Ukraine and most countries in the world do not recognize the peninsula’s accession to the Russian Federation. At the moment, a control regime exists between mainland Ukraine and Crimea, and Kiev does not de facto control the peninsula.
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