Russia’s decision to make it easier for residents of Moscow-controlled eastern Ukraine to obtain a Russian passport is meant to test Ukraine’s new leader and the West should not recognise the documents, Lithuania’s foreign minister said on April 26.
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Reuters: Lithuania says Russia testing Ukraine’s new leader with passport move
People walk past a billboard with a poster that reads 'Donbas decides its fate itself!' in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 15, 2018.