 The Russian authorities are forcing residents of Ukraine's occupied territories to renounce their Ukrainian citizenship. There are speculations that Russian police might even be given the right to inspect whether residents in these territories secretly retain their Ukrainian passports. The newly adopted law is against the international law and also violates Russian laws as a second citizenship is banned in this country. Earlier, Russia adopted a law stating that Ukrainian citizens receiving Russian passports will automatically cease to be considered Ukrainians. At the same time, Ukrainian legislation provides for a procedure for renunciation of citizenship. The relevant petition is signed by the country's president. The Russian authorities ignore this procedure by introducing their new law under the document. Upon becoming Russians, residents of the occupied territories must refrain from exercising the rights and fulfilling the duties of a citizen of Ukraine. Advisor to the head of office of the president of Ukraine Mikhail Podoliak condemned the forced passportization of Ukrainians. Russia is forcing the Ukrainians to obtain their passports in the temporarily occupied territories. This testifies to the violence exerted by the invaders on the Ukrainian citizens, Podoliak said. The Russian Federation despises its own passport and citizenship to such an extent that they're temporarily seizing other people's territories. It immediately tries to sell documents and force them to citizenship, Podoliak wrote on Twitter. In his words, such policies indicate that Russian passport is a synonymous to violence and brutal coercion.