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Rada deprived Artemenko Deputy mandate

MP was a canadian citizen.

The Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday voted for the early termination of powers of people’s Deputy Andriy Artemenko, which is no longer the Ukrainian citizenship.

This decision was supported by 244 deputies.

Recall Artemenko in early 2017 appeared in the center of attention after gave the US administration plan for the settlement of relations with Russia, providing for the transfer of the Crimea in the long term of this country. After that, the faction of the Radical party expelled Deputy from among its members, and the Prosecutor’s office opened criminal proceedings on the fact of treason.

According to the electronic Declaration Artemenko for 2015, his son and daughter are US citizens, and another son of Canada. In February, he also admitted that he is a citizen of Canada. Later Artemenko said that the cancelled canadian passport in 2014.

Despite this, in late April, President Petro Poroshenko terminated Ukrainian citizenship Artemenko.

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