SHAIMIEV SAYS TATARSTAN MAY ISSUE ITS OWN PASSPORTS.

President Mintimer Shaimiev of Tatarstan says his republic may decide to issue its own passports, the Monitor’s correspondent in the Volga region reports. Shaimiev says that feelings in the republic are running high because of the decision to omit the section relating to nationality from Russia’s new passports, introduced this year, and claims that issuing separate documents may the best way to assuage public discontent.

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