Former mayor one of only 23 new holders of Russian passports in Kherson region

Roman Petrenkoo — Saturday, 11 June 2022, 14:42

Only 23 people from the whole of Kherson have accepted Russian passports, including collaborator and former mayor Volodymyr Saldo.

Source: TASS

Quote from Saldo: "For me, this is a truly historic moment. I have always thought that we are one country and one people."

Details:  The Kremlin propagandists showed Russian passports being given out.

Reference: From 2002 to 2012, Saldo was the mayor of Kherson (in 2008 he was recognised as the best mayor in Ukraine). He subsequently became a People's Deputy from the Party of Regions [a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine]. 

As a People's Deputy in January 2014, he voted for Yanukovych’s "dictatorial laws" against Maidan.

Background: On 11 June, the occupiers handed over the first Russian passports to locals in the occupied city of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.