The end of Odesa’s teflon mayor Trukhanov?
$25 million in corruption charges couldn't touch him. A decade-old passport allegation did.
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UK intel: Putin’s decree pressures Ukrainians to accept Russian passports or leave occupied areas
This move is part of ongoing Russian efforts to enforce Russification policies in these areas, aiming to eliminate Ukrainian culture, identity, and statehood.
Czech Lex Ukrajina amendment blocks citizenship for Russian passport holders
Czechia's Senate has approved permanent restrictions on citizenship applications from Russian nationals, requiring Russians to renounce their citizenship first.
UK intel: Russia tightens grip on naturalized citizens with military service requirement
Russia's new law strips citizenship from naturalized citizens who don't register for military service, possibly to use the law as a form of legal coercion to boost military recruitment amid anti-migrant sentiment, per UK intelligence.
ISW: Russian “compatriot card” program potentially justifying future foreign interventions
Russia creating "Electronic Compatriot Card" program offering services, possibly citizenship to Russians abroad, likely for justifying further aggression, ISW says.
Russia corners forcibly deported Ukrainians in Russian citizenship – National Resistance Center
Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing the National Resistance Center (NRC), that since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, more…
Former Russian athlete serving in the Ukrainian Army killed in Donetsk Oblast
Olha Simonova, call sign “Simba”, from Cheliabinsk, Russian Federation was killed in a landmine explosion during a combat…
Putin-backed citizenship legislation tips his plans of more aggression and annexation
If the leader of any other country proposed new citizenship legislation that would give his government the power…
Russia’s deportation of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars from occupied Crimea a “neo-imperial policy tool” – report
In February 2014, Russia started a military operation to occupy and annex a part Ukraine - the Crimean…
Ukrainians in Crimea: Six sanctions for refusing a Russian passport
What is life like for Ukrainian Crimeans who have refused to take Russian citizenship, who have not yet…