Putin simplifies process of obtaining passports for Moldovan citizens, Chișinău claims he looks for cannon fodder

Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean commented on Russian President Vladimir Putin's decree simplifying the process of granting citizenship to citizens of Moldova, Belarus and Kazakhstan. 

Source: Recean on the air of TV8, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Recean said he viewed Putin's decree as an "attempt to recruit cannon fodder for this brutal and incomprehensible war launched by Russia in the neighbouring country of Ukraine."

"I want to ask citizens not to resort to this," he added.

According to Recean, there are currently 150,000 to 200,000 Moldovans in Russia.

Putin's decree states that citizens of Moldova, Belarus, and Kazakhstan can now become citizens of the Russian Federation simply by obtaining a permit and passing a test on statehood fundamentals and Russian history, rather than having to prove their permanent residence in the country. 

Alexander Kalinin, leader of the marginal pro-Russian Party of Regions and the Congress of Moldovan diasporas in Russia, previously deprived of his citizenship, was called in for questioning at the beginning of December. 

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