People stand at the Uspenka border checkpoint, outside Donetsk, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Eastern Ukraine. On April 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics to apply for the simplified procedure of receiving Russian citizenship.

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People wait at the Uspenka border checkpoint, outside Donetsk, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Eastern Ukraine. On April 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics to apply for the simplified procedure of receiving Russian citizenship.

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People wait in a queue at the Uspenka border checkpoint, outside Donetsk, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Eastern Ukraine. On April 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics to apply for the simplified procedure of receiving Russian citizenship.

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People walk towards the Russian border at the Uspenka border checkpoint, outside Donetsk, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Eastern Ukraine. On April 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics to apply for the simplified procedure of receiving Russian citizenship.

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Passports of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Russian Federation are pictured at the Uspenka border checkpoint, outside Donetsk, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Eastern Ukraine. On April 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics to apply for the simplified procedure of receiving Russian citizenship.

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