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Evening Standard
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Jordan King

Vladimir Putin offers Russian citizenship to foreign nationals who fight for him in Ukraine war

Vladimir Putin has said any foreign nationals who fight for him in Ukraine will be offered Russian citizenship for them and their families.

He issued the decree on Thursday, saying it applied to people who have signed contracts during what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.

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