Contents tagged with Artemenko

  • Deputy who proposed leasing the Crimea to Russia was stripped of Ukrainian citizenship

    The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, stripped the citizenship of a Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) deputy and a former member of the Radical Party, Andriy Artemenko, as reported by the leader of the party, Oleh Lyashko, on Facebook.

    "Yes, we have achieved this! Today the President of Ukraine signed an order terminating the Ukrainian citizenship of the People's Deputy of Ukraine, Andriy Artemenko, due to his voluntary acquisition of Canadian citizenship in 2005," Lyashko said. …