Kyiv yet to officially notify Moscow on foreign-travel passports switch - Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW. Feb 4 (Interfax) - Moscow has not yet received official notification from Kyiv on its decision to switch to foreign-travel passports in crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border by citizens of the two countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
"We have not yet received official notification from the Ukrainian side," it said.
"It looks like the matter references Ukraine's decision to abandon a convenient and liberal way of Russian citizens' travel to Ukraine, which is stipulated by the valid agreement between the Russian and Ukrainian government on visa-free travel of Russian and Ukrainian citizens dated January 16, 1997 and a protocol of October 30, 2004 amending the said agreement," the Foreign Ministry said.
It was reported earlier that Russian citizens would be denied the opportunity to enter Ukraine, stay there, and move around its territory with national IDs, known also as internal passports, starting March 1.
