Event 7139f132-270a-4582-86bd-3109bb387394

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: High Category: Uncategorized Country: Romania Country: Russia Country: Ukraine Country: Moldova Attack Type: Hybrid Threat Where: Land Node: Node 2: 5th Column

Source: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/12/26/r...

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Event Time

6d ago

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Created

6d ago

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Updated

1d ago

Summary

Headline: Russians Illegally Obtain Romanian Passports Using Data of Fallen Ukrainian Soldiers

Description

Since 1991, Romanian law permits foreigners to obtain Romanian citizenship without mandatory residence through a process called 'restoration' if they prove a grandparent or great-grandparent was born or lived in the territory of the former Kingdom of Romania (1918-1940). This includes present-day Moldova and parts of Ukraine such as Chernivtsi and Odesa regions. Russians are reportedly exploiting this legal mechanism by illegally obtaining Romanian passports, allegedly using fabricated documents linked to relatives due to many archives being destroyed during World War II. The exploitation involves using data of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, as reported by Le Monde, to illegally acquire Romanian citizenship.

Evidence

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Russians are illegally obtaining Romanian passports and using the data of fallen Ukrainian soldiers — Le Monde

Since 1991

Romania has had a legal mechanism that allows foreigners to obtain Romanian citizenship without mandatory residence in the country — the so-called “restoration” of citizenship.

Russians are exploiting this legislation. Because many archives were destroyed during World War II

perpetrators invent relatives supposedly linked to the required territories.

Source

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/12/26/russians-are-evading-sanctions-with-fake-romanian-documents_6748839_4.html