Zelenskyy deprived a number of Yanukovych-era politicians of Ukrainian citizenship
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revoked the Ukrainian citizenship of several former ministers and officials from the time of former President Viktor Yanukovych.
In his evening address on February 4, he said that he had signed the relevant documents during the day.
According to him, this is “another step to protect and cleanse our country from those on the side of the aggressor.”
– There are submissions from the Security Service regarding people identified as having Russian citizenship. Tomorrow, another legal step will be taken to implement the National Security and Defence Council’s sanctions decisions. And we are working on synchronizing our sanctions decisions with the jurisdictions of our partners. Enemies of the free world have no right to use the free world for their interests, – Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
At the same time, RBC-Ukraine, citing sources in law enforcement, published the names of people who have lost their Ukrainian citizenship.
The list includes, in particular:
- former Minister of Education and Science Dmytro Tabachnyk;
- former Minister of Internal Affairs Vitaliy Zakharchenko;
- former Head of the Presidential Administration, Andriy Kliuyev;
- former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Yakymenko;
- former Minister of Revenues and Duties Oleksandr Klymenko.
These individuals were deprived of their citizenship because they held Russian passports.
In addition to the former top officials, the list of those deprived of citizenship includes:
- Viktor Baransky, a deputy of the Odesa City Council from the OPFL;
- deputy of the Kharkiv regional council from the OPFL Mykyta Shentsev;
- occupier and collaborator Oleksandr Horbyliov;
- Bohdan Kliuyev;
- Vitaliy Slaba.
Subsequently, the head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, David Arakhamia, confirmed the deprivation of citizenship of these individuals.
– The next step will be to impose sanctions on them, arrest and confiscate all their property, corporate rights, and other assets in favor of the state, – he said.
He urged citizens who have information about the property of the deprived officials to inform the authorities.
On January 13, the Verkhovna Rada deprived Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Andriy Derkach, and Rinat Kuzmin of their parliamentary mandates due to the loss of citizenship.
