"The issuance of passports began in a simplified manner ... He stressed that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is dealing with this matter, and that work has already started.

(All Russian citizens have both an "internal" passport, which serves as their primary ID, and a "foreign" passport for traveling abroad - TASS.) "But, as regards surrendering his US passport ...

A Russian passport is needed to prove property ownership ... be considered stateless and required to register with Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry. Russian officials threatened to withhold ...

Acting President of Abkhazia Valery Bganba instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia to deal with information ...

A woman poses with her Ukrainian passport (blue) and new Russian passport (red) in Simferopol, Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is considering extending a scheme that makes it ...