The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation authorized the Russian consulate in Simferopol to start issuing Russian passports to the militants of the special police force Berkut. This was reported on January 28 on the Facebook page of the Foreign Service.

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Recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation promised to employ Ukrainian colleagues who would eventually become citizens of Russia. Astrakhan Oblast governor Alexander Zhilkin extended the invitation to Berkut members who want political asylum in Russia.