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The Moscow Times: US MMA fighter Jeff Monson awarded passport for breakaway Luhansk Republic

By The Moscow Times.
Russian American heavyweight mixed martial artist Jeff Monson attends a wreath-laying ceremony to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum marking his birthday at Red Square in Moscow on April 22, 2016.

Former wrestling world champion Jeff Monson has become the first American to receive citizenship for the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.

The mixed-martial arts (MMA) fighter announced the news on Twitter with a picture of his new Luhansk passport.

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