Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that exempts from state tax 3.5 thousand inhabitants of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics in submission of request for admission to Russian citizenship in a simplified manner. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
The amendments to the Tax code of the Russian Federation. According to him, from duty in obtaining a Russian passport released permanently residing on the territories of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine on applying for admission to Russian citizenship in a simplified procedure in accordance with the decree of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on 24 April 2019.
As stated in the explanatory note, today Russia is the only country that protects the rights and freedoms of the residents of Donbass. According to the authors of the document, maintaining the preferential terms of admission to Russian citizenship for citizens of the DNI and LC will be a continuation of the strategy for the protection and support of Russian-speaking population around the world.
Currently, for the reception in the Russian citizenship, restoration of citizenship of the Russian Federation, exit from it, and also for determining the existence of citizenship of Russia paid a state fee in the amount of 3.5 thousand roubles. According to the authors of the bill, the average monthly salary as of the second half of 2019 in the LC was 10 979 rubles, and the average size of pension payments – 4 966 rubles. In the DNI, the figures were 12 036 937 rubles and 4 rubles, respectively. However, as the authors add, the minimum pension, received by almost half of pensioners of the Republic of Donbass, was 3 194 rubles.
