The mere suggestion Moscow might restore the nationality line in passports, something notorious in Soviet times and dispensed with since, a suggestion denied both by government officials and United Russia leaders, has sparked a sharp online debate and divided by Russians and non-Russians.
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Paul A. Goble: Possible return of nationality line to passports divides Russians and non-Russians
Presidential candidate, President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a rally to support his candidature in the upcoming presidential election at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on March 3, 2018.
Russians will go to the polls on March 18, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
