SIMFEROPOL, March 31. /ITAR-TASS/. Over 15,000 passports have been issued to residents of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Russia’s Federal Migration Service says.

“As of today, we’ve received over 60,000 applications. Over 15,000 passports have been issued,” head of the migration service’s Moscow department Fyodor Karpovets said on Monday.