{"id":38401,"date":"2022-05-26T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=38401"},"modified":"2022-05-26T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:58:30","slug":"the-united-states-called-putins-decree-on-new-russian-certification-a-weakly-disguised-step-by-russia-to-subdue-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=38401","title":{"rendered":"The United States called Putin&#8217;s decree on new Russian certification &#8220;a weakly disguised step by Russia to subdue the people.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 26 , May , 2022 | Political News .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Spokesman for the US State Department Ned Price called the simplified certification of residents of the territories occupied by the Russian occupiers in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine a disguised step and Russia&#8217;s attempt to subdue Ukrainians\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is &#8220;only weakly disguised as an element of Russia&#8217;s attempt to subdue the people of Ukraine, to impose its will by force,&#8221; which we &#8220;strongly reject,&#8221; Price said during a briefing the day before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is little different from Russia&#8217;s attempts to fabricate these fake referendums, referendums designed to give legitimacy to Russian rule over parts of Ukraine&#8217;s sovereign territory; &#8220;, which Russian forces and the Russian Federation have used in various contexts before &#8211; in Crimea in 2014, in Chechnya, and most recently (&#8230;) in particular in places such as Kherson,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US State Department spokesman also pointed to &#8220;some of the terrible tactics used by the Russian Federation in some parts of Ukraine, in eastern Ukraine, where its forces are present.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have seen Russian forces forcibly evacuate people from the occupied territories. We have seen Russian forces transport Ukrainians to so-called filtration camps. We have seen Russian forces try by other means to subjugate or otherwise subjugate the Ukrainian people in these areas.&#8221; , &#8211; said Price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 25, it became known that Putin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/uk\/news\/1978431-putin-pidpisav-ukaz-pro-sproschenu-vidachu-rosiyskogo-gromadyanstva-zhitelyam-zaporizkoyi-ta-khersonskoyi-oblastey\">had signed<\/a>\u00a0a decree on the simplified issuance of Russian citizenship to residents of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/\">Ukrgate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 26 , May , 2022 | Political News . \u00a0Spokesman for the US State Department Ned Price called the simplified certification of residents of the territories occupied by the Russian occupiers in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine a disguised step and Russia&#8217;s attempt to subdue Ukrainians\u00a0. 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