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Ukraine: Dual Citizenship Check Due to Georgian War?

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Eastern & Central Europe, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, International Relations, Law, Politics, War & Conflict

LJ user scherbin notes [1] (RUS) that the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament national security committee has proposed that authorities should check which people in the country has dual citizenship – Ukrainian and Russian – as this situation played part in the conflict over South Ossetia. Dual citizenship is illegal in Ukraine, and scherbin criticises the political and practical aspects of the proposal.