Ethnic Ukrainians “from friendly powers” willing to help Ukraine’s economic development will be eligible for fast-track passports
Friday, July 19, 2019


Ethnic Ukrainians “from friendly powers” willing to help Ukraine’s economic development will be eligible for fast-track passports under a proposal made Thursday by President Zelenskiy. Two weeks ago, Canada’s influential Ukrainian diaspora gave the new president a warm welcome in Toronto. But the new passport policy was accelerated by a Russian decree on Wednesday that all Ukrainian residents of Donetsk and Luhansk in 2014 are now eligible for Russian passports. Both In a thinly veiled swipe at Russia, Zelenskiy said that people who suffer from human rights violations and constraints on freedom in their home countries would also be eligible for Ukrainian passports. Russians and Ukrainians have declining populations.