The Russians put a special mark in the Russian passports of residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine who agreed to receive a document from the Russian Federation.
This was reported by the Center of National Resistance under the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This mark indicates the permanent residence of a person in the occupied territories. There are no such marks in the passports of Russians, so the mark allows you to quickly identify the owner of the document in Russia, if he travels there.
"Thus, we can state that even having a passport of the Russian Federation does not deprive a resident of the Temporary Occupied Territories of "special treatment" by the occupiers, because in fact this mark indicates a lower rank of the passport holder," the Center of National Resistance notes.
- Russia pursues a policy of forced passporting of the population in the occupied territories. People who refuse Russian passports are restricted in their rights, are not hired, and may even be denied various social services or benefits.
- Also, the occupiers, under various pretexts, seize passports from Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories.