Since the Russian invasion in February last year, Ukraine has stripped several people of their citizenship and imposed sanctions on hundreds of Russian and Belarusian individuals and firms.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stripped the citizenship of several former influential politicians in a bid to rid the country of pro-Russian influence. According to the report, several leaders had dual citizenship.
“Today I signed documents to take another step to protect our country from aggressors,” Mr Zielinski said in a video address last night.
According to Ukrainian state media, the list includes several leading politicians from the office of Viktor Yanukovych, who served as Ukraine’s pro-Russian president from 2010 to 2014, until he was ousted from office. went.
The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that the list includes former Minister of Education and Science Dmytro Tabachnik, former Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Yanukovych administration Andriy Klyuyev and former Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko.
Since the Russian invasion in February last year, Ukraine has stripped several people of their citizenship and imposed sanctions on hundreds of Russian and Belarusian individuals and firms.
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