Russian passports issued in occupied Ukraine will not be recognized in the European Union, negotiators in Brussels agreed on Thursday. The same would apply to documents issued in the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, said a statement from the European Council, which represents the EU countries. The European Commission proposed the bloc-wide rule at the beginning of September, noting that almost all EU member states had already taken action. EU countries and the European Parliament needed to reach an agreement before the legislation can enter into force. The EU moved…