Russian Passports
Kremlin, with Kyiv's help, ups pressure over Transdniester
May 20, 2010By Gregory Feifer After five years of bitter estrangement, Russia and Ukraine are taking part in what can only be described as a lovefest. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Kyiv on May 17, laughing over mutual words of admiration with Ukrainian...
OSCE denies Moldova seized passports from Dniester residents
December 31, 2009No Russian or Ukrainian passports were confiscated when Moldovan bodies were taking legal actions against Dniester residents having no residence permit in Moldova, the deputy head of the OSCE mission to Moldova, Klaus Neukirch, has said. The Dniester...
Russian passport holders in Moldova's Transnistria on the rise
November 03, 2009Russia continues to issue its citizenship to Dniester residents (aka Transnistria, Moldova's separatist region), so that the number of holders of Russian passports amounted to 150,000 compared with 130,000 half a year ago, the foreign minister of Moldova...
Moscow Gave Three Million Russian Passports in Post-Soviet States
March 05, 2009By Paul Goble Since 2000, Moscow has given out nearly three million Russian passports in post-Soviet states The Russian government has distributed 2.9 million Russian passports to residents of the post-Soviet states, an action some view as interference...