US EditionZelenskyy strips Odesa mayor of Ukrainian citizenship
President Zelensky revoked citizenship of three prominent figures for holding Russian passports amid ongoing national security concerns, marking a new phase in Ukraine's crackdown on dual nationality.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revoked the citizenship of Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov based on findings by the Security Service of Ukraine regarding his possession of a Russian passport issued in 2015.
- Trukhanov plans to contest this decision in court, stating he has never held Russian citizenship and claiming the accusations are politically motivated.
- Reports indicate that this decision followed a public petition raising national security concerns about Trukhanov's alleged dual citizenship, which gained 25,000 signatures quickly.
- Other individuals, including former lawmaker Oleh Tsaryov and ballet dancer Sergei Polunin, also lost their Ukrainian citizenship under similar circumstances, as confirmed by the SBU.
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Zelenskiy strips Odesa mayor of Ukrainian citizenship
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday revoked the citizenship of Odesa's mayor on the grounds that he also had a Russian passport, acting to end the tenure of a divisive figure who has run the Black Sea port city for 11 years.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski delayed his march, through a presidential decree, the city of Odesa's prime minister because it held a Russian passport, which thus ended the mandate of a controversial figure that led to...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he has stripped the citizenship of people who, according to the SBU secret service, also have Russian citizenship. Among them is the mayor of Odessa, Hennadiy Trukhanov, who has led the city since 2014. Without Ukrainian citizenship, he cannot remain at the head of an important city in the south of the country. At the same time, the Ukrainian president announced that he will introduce militar…
President Volodymyr Zelensky has deprived of Ukrainian nationality the mayor of Odessa, Gennadi Troukhanov, a well-known figure of local politics, as well as ballet dancer Sergei Polounin, who caused scandal by his pro-Kremlin stances. ...
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