“We have one task before us - maximum integration into the Russian space. Ideally, to become part of Russia as a federal district, ”his press service quoted Pushilin as saying.
According to him, "to be as frank as possible, before the decree of the President of Russia on the issuance of Russian passports on a simplified mood system, people were not so optimistic."
In July, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing residents of Donbass to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified mode.
As noted in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, about 3 million citizens of Ukraine can use the corresponding simplified procedures.
It was indicated that residents of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR filed more than 60 thousand applications for Russian citizenship.
In January, Pushilin announced that integration with Russia had entered an “intensive phase”.