The decision of Moscow to simplify the procedure of the issuance of the Russian passports for the citizens of occupied Donbas is an attempt of the silent annexation. It demands the resolute response of the EU as Ukrinform reported citing Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs.
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Latvia's Foregin Minister Edgars Rinkevics (L) talks to his Sweden's counterpart Margot Wallstrom after a Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) meeting on June 18, 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.