Rosguard servicemen in the Kherson region. File photoSIMFEROPOL, June 4 — RIA Novosti. Kherson region will continue to integrate into Russia, despite the position of the European Union and the refusal to recognize Russian passports issued in the region, said the deputy head of the military-civilian administration region Kirill Stremousov. The European Union does not recognize Russian passports issued to residents of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, according to a statement released on the eve of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell.
"Kherson region will continue to integrate into Russia, despite any statements and positions of the European Union. Our region will become an integral part of the Russian Federation, and no one can prevent this. Russian passports have been issued and will be issued in the region. More and more residents of the Kherson region will become citizens of Russia", Stremousov told RIA Novosti.
He stressed that he himself, together with the head of the region, Vladimir Saldo, will soon receive Russian citizenship. «I will be proud of this and understand that I am a citizen of a free state in which my culture and values are persistent. Residents of Kherson region are grateful to the President of Russia, which made it possible for us all to feel like an integral part of one big whole,» Stremousov emphasized.Ukraine blocked accounts in the Kherson region, the authorities of the region saidVladimir Saldo, the head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, noted that the inhabitants of the region are determined to receive Russian citizenship, according to him, a special administrative center has been opened where people can apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation and receive Russian passport. According to the military-civilian administration, announced on June 1, more than 600 Kherson residents have applied to the center for obtaining Russian citizenship since May 30. Deputy head of administration Kirill Stremousov stated that the number of those wishing to obtain Russian citizenship in the Kherson region is about 80% of the population of the region. Oleksiy Selivanov, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Zaporozhye Region, indicated at the end of May that more than 90% of the citizens of the Zaporozhye Region would apply and receive Russian citizenship. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson Region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye Region in southern Ukraine. Civil-military administrations have been formed in the regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations have begun broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. On May 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the simplified admission of citizens of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine to Russian citizenship. Citizens are not required to hand over a Ukrainian passport, a copy of it is sufficient. After filling out the documents, they are sent to Russia for a special check, after two or three months a person can become a citizen. no referendum yet