Sevastopol is not Russia: Crimean with Russian passports stopped to be allowed into Georgia (photo)

Georgian border guards not recognized on the occupied peninsula, sometimes even seize them. Some of the Crimeans are included in the list of persons who are forbidden to enter the territory of Georgia. Four Crimeans told The Insider about the problems encountered while trying to enter Georgia with Russian documents. According to the interlocutors of the publication, during the verification of documents, Georgian border guards first pay attention to the "place of birth".

If there is "Ukraine" or "Ukrainian SSR" and a foreign passport issued by the Krasnodar unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which serves the Crimean, may ask to show an internal passport. If it turns out that the passport was issued by the "UFMS Department in the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol", the visitors say that Crimea is occupied by Russia, such documents in Georgia are not recognized, so they refuse to enter.

Also on the border can be deployed if the passport indicates that the place of birth is "Crimea, Russia". The publication describes one similar case: a man born in Sevastopol received a foreign passport with such an inscription in 2021. In the spring of 2022, he drove this document into Georgia, then went to Baku for a week, but after his return could not cross the border, while the border guard stated that Sevastopol was not Russia. "I answer that I know it," said the interlocutor of journalists.

"He says that in this regard, they cannot accept my passport and now made a decision not to miss, and they will send me a reverse flight. I notice that I was already missed According to this passport, he says, "Yes, but this time we made the final decision not to let you go. And Azerbaijani without an existing document can only be sent to Moscow.

In the Russian capital, the Crimean was fined 2,000 rubles for breach of border crossing rules, and also asked why he flew "at such a troubled time", carefully examining the correspondence in the messengers and photos . Another Crimean told The Insider that by studying Russian documents, Georgian border guards not only refused him at entrance, but also reported on the list of persons who are predictable Onone entrance to the territory of Georgia.

We will remind, in July President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed a law that dismisses the inhabitants of the occupied regions of Donbass from the state duty for obtaining Russian citizenship. Previously, to obtain a passport it was necessary to pay 3. 8 thousand rubles. It was also reported that residents of Kherson and Melitopol are in no hurry to receive passports of Russia.