According to Makarevich, the Russian government should deal with the arrangement of roads, hospitals and schools in the country. At the same time, he noted that "care about the citizenship of the residents of Donbass certainly touches."

In turn, Chicherina noted that Makarevich should be sent to the conflict zone, so that he would understand why the residents of Donbass need a Russian passport.

The singer invited the musician to tell them personally, p "why he does not want to save his own."

"The shame of the manifestation of mercantile spirit in such a matter will never be washed away, even if Andrei Vadimych changes himself and shows miracles of heroism in the destruction of the fascists," she wrote on Instagram.

On April 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which residents of certain regions of the DPR and LPR can issue Russian citizenship under a simplified scheme.

Former UN Deputy Secretary General, Soviet and Russian diplomat Sergei Ordzhonikidze, in an interview with NSN, appreciated Russia's decision to simplify citizenship for residents of certain areas of Lugansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine.