Russian politician gets Ukrainian citizenship

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko granted citizenship to Russian politician and Putin critic, Maria Gaidar, RFE/RL reports. Gaidar is the daughter of former Russian prime minister Yegor Gaidar, who served under Yeltsin in the 1990s. Maria Gaidar is now the deputy governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region, serving under former Georgian president Mikheil Saakachvili, whom Poroshenko also granted Ukrainian citizenship.

 

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