The Russian occupiers are spreading false information in the occupied territories.People are in an information vacuum, without access to Internet, communication and television, except for operators and channels of the Russian Federation and they have to unwittingly listen to propagandists.Some believe in the nonsense, and some, nevertheless, look for ways to find out the truth.The coordinator of the human rights organization "Donbas SOS" Violeta Artemchuk told TRYBUN newspaper about the invaders' manipulations.
The organization's hotline is quite often contacted by people who were forced to stay in the occupation or who plan to leave there.They ask questions that concern them and the essence of which is often related to the spread of misinformation.
Is it true that if I receive a passport of the Russian Federation (under pressure and influence of circumstances), then Ukraine will deprive me of my citizenship? How then to restore it?
Passports obtained in the occupied territories are considered to have been obtained under duress. There is no question of any voluntariness when it comes to occupation.A person remains a citizen of Ukraine and there is no need to "enter citizenship" again, as the occupiers and collaborators say.
A woman is 67 years old and she has been living in the occupied territory since 2014.
Now she intends to leave, but she is afraid. She was told that as soon as she arrived in the territory controlled by Ukraine, the SSU would immediately take her away, because she had not left the occupation for a long time. "They will ask and check whether I am an agent."
Regardless of age, and whether or not to leave the occupation, a person remains a citizen of Ukraine.When a person crosses checkpoints through the Republic of Belarus or the Russian Federation, it is possible to have a dialogue, in particular with SSU employees.
This does not at all mean that any detention action will be taken.
Is it true that, having entered Ukraine from the occupied territories, I can immediately be called up for service and sent to the front? Man, 42 years old.
The mobilization procedure is not so simple. It looks like a fake.
There is an algorithm for conscription, a mandatory visit to the Military Commissariat and subsequent actions. In no case this will happen either at the border or at the crossing point.
I didn't get a Ukrainian passport at the age of 14 (I'm 21 now) because I couldn't leave the occupied territory.Is it true that now in Ukraine I will not be able to get it, because I have no relatives in the controlled territory who could confirm my identity?
To obtain a passport in Ukraine, there is an online identification procedure.If there are no friends or relatives in the controlled area, a family member, close person or neighbor who has reached the age of 14 can confirm your identity via online video conferencing.To show that a person is a family member, documents are provided that confirm the identity.
Is it true that you can get a higher education in the occupied territory, because local "universities" often issue diplomas from Russian universities with which they have concluded cooperation agreements?They say that the diploma of a Russian university is accepted all over the world and there will be no problems with its apostillization.
It does not. Even if the name of a Russian university is formally written in the diploma, there is still information on where and when the diploma was issued.If it is indicated that the diploma was obtained in the occupied territories, it will not be accepted either in Ukraine or in most countries of the world. We talked about this in the previous article.
Until September 1, everyone who receives a Ukrainian pension must appear in person at Oschad bank for identification. They say that if the person does not appear, the pension payment will be stopped.
In connection with the end of the quarantine on the territory of Ukraine, there were reports regarding the restoration of physical identification.
However, taking into account the risks, and sometimes the impossibility of certain categories of pensioners to appear in person, the government, on the recommendations of public organizations, postponed the obligation of a personal visit until the end of January 2024. A legislative act is currently being developed that will simplify the identification procedure.
To obtain reliable information, you can contact the hotline of the NGO "Donbas SOS" by phone: 0800309110.
