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Russia reportedly is issuing an increasing number of passports to Ukrainian citizens. (With Stratfor map)
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Moscow reportedly is issuing an increasing number of passports to Ukrainian citizens, especially those living in eastern Ukraine and on the Crimean Peninsula. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Western officials, including French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, have been warning since October of this Russian tactic to destabilize Ukraine and increase Russian influence in its smaller neighbor. Now, Stratfor sources say anywhere between 10,000 and 100,000 (if not more) of these passports have been issued since the August conflict between Russia and Georgia alone, significantly more than the 2,000 per year figure reported by Voice of America.


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