Go to mediabankLeonid Slutsky, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. File photoMOSCOW, Oct. 12 The decision of the permanent representatives of the EU countries not to recognize Russian passports issued in new regions is discriminatory, said the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky. On Wednesday, the permanent representatives of the EU countries at a meeting of COREPER II agreed on the position on the non-recognition of Russian passports issued in the territories that they consider «occupied from Ukraine and Georgia», such documents, after the adoption of an appropriate decision, will not be valid for issuing visas and entering the Schengen area. «The decision is discriminatory in its essence and once again demonstrates the true face, or rather, the crooked muzzle of European democracy. But the Russian people, I’m sure, didn’t give a damn about your recognition. They are now at home, in Russia,» Slutsky wrote in his Telegram channel. were part of the Russian Federation on September 23-27. According to the results of processing 100% of ballots in the DPR, 99.23% of those who voted for joining the Russian Federation, 98.42% in the LPR, 87.05% in the Kherson region, and 93.11% in the Zaporozhye region. On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in the Kremlin following the results of referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, after which he signed agreements with their heads on the admission of regions into Russia. 
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