Donetsk, May 3 – DAN. DPR authorities are now accepting documents to be filed with applications for Russian IDs.

First Migration Service office to receive applications opened today in Donetsk, Khodakovskogo 10 street at 9 a.m. Couple of hundred people are queuing there.

Starting on May 7, all Republican offices of the Migration Service will be consulting population and carry out initial collection of sets documents.

Russian president Vladimir Putin on April 24 signed a decree to allow residents of the Donbass region to obtain Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure. The document also opens wider opportunities for participants of the voluntary compatriot resettlement program. *ot