Kirill Stremousov, deputy chairman of the military-civilian administration of Kherson said that residents of the region will be able to obtain Russian passports this year.
“Russian passports will be issued here. I think that this will happen this year,” he said.
Stremousov noted that everyone who is now in the region will have the right to issue a document.
Earlier, the politician said that pensions to residents would be paid in rubles.
The Russian military during the operation in Ukraine took control of the entire Kherson region in the south of the country and the Azov part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Civil-military administrations have been formed in the regions, broadcasting of Russian TV channels and radio has begun, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored.
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