Russia intensifies repressions in the occupied territories
Source: Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence
According to the information of the Ukrainian intelligence, Moscow has ordered to intensify the forced issuance of Russian passports to the people in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The reason is the upcoming presidential election in the Russian Federation.
It is noted that in November, the Kremlin held a closed meeting with the heads of the regions of the Russian Federation and the so-called ‘heads’ of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
The meeting dealt with the organization of the presidential election in March 2024. During the meeting, the Kremlin authorities ordered to allocate social assistance to voters from local budgets and to intensify propaganda about the ‘positive’ trends of the Russian economy, the ‘stability’ of the ruble, and the ‘improvement’ of people’s living standards.
The leaders of the Russian occupation administrations were also given the task of bringing the level of forced Russian citizenship to at least 85% of the population.
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