Ukraine may introduce criminal liability for obtaining a Russian passport, said Irina Vereshchuk, Minister for Reintegration of the WTO.

This issue was discussed today at a closed interdepartmental meeting, the minister added..

“On the one hand, the passport of the occupier helps ordinary people to survive in the temporary occupation. On the other hand, how can we explain this to our citizens who stand to the death for all of us on the front line? ”, she writes on Facebook.

Vereshchuk considers the issue “not so much legal as political” and proposes to bracket discussions about legal subtleties and human rights.

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According to her, work on the bill is ongoing, there will still be discussions, but the direction has been determined..

It is noteworthy that the position of Vereshchuk, which provides for the unification of Ukrainians, clearly separates the defenders of Ukraine from the “ordinary people” they protect..

In the message, the minister does not mention a word about the Russian aggressor, who is carrying out forced passportization, and does not raise issues of preparation for war and the rapid occupation of territories by the enemy. Instead, she is trying to shift the responsibility to the Ukrainians in the occupation, blaming people who are trying to survive in extremely difficult conditions by obtaining "

The issue of punishment of people's deputies and civil servants holding Russian passports remains open..

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