“ Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov suggests that the Office of the President may not like it, which is why information about his alleged Russian citizenship has now appeared. Source: Trukhanov in his comments to Radio Liberty Details: In his comments to Radio Liberty, Trukhanov once again assured that he does not have and never had Russian citizenship. Direct speech: “I’m not suitable for the Office of the President, President… Why? I don’t know. It’s the 4th year of the war. I ensure the vitality of the city, the city’s defense capability, including at every “arrival”. I don’t know why I’m not liked. I’m already saying, maybe my hair doesn’t fit, I don’t know what. What’s wrong with me. Maybe the elections are coming.” Details: The mayor added that Zelensky did not speak with him before making the decision to terminate citizenship. Trukhanov also believes that the president can later cancel this decree, saying that he was “misled, given these caricatures, not passports.” When asked about a possible trip to Russia, Trukhanov emphasized that he does not have Russian citizenship for this procedure, and he fears for his own safety on the territory of the Russian Federation. Direct speech: “You say exchange, for which exchange? But they will kill me as soon as they throw me there. Because what I do against them, how I oppose them, I will not tell you on the air now. But these facts are there. This is our enemy and my enemy. Every day we hide people.” Background: On October 14, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced on social media that he had made a decision regarding “persons whose Russian citizenship was found”, without naming them. “Suspilne” and the telethon “Yedini Novyni” received confirmation from sources in the state authorities that it is about Trukhanov in particular. Gennadiy Trukhanov has been the mayor of Odesa since 2014. At the same time, the first reports appeared that he had Russian citizenship. At the same time, the law on local self-government in Ukraine states that deprivation of citizenship is the reason for early termination of the mayor’s powers. The mayor of Odesa denies that he has Russian citizenship, he called the decision to revoke his Ukrainian citizenship a “falsification”. Trukhanov also announced that he will file a lawsuit in court. The SBU later reported that Trukhanov’s Ukrainian citizenship was revoked because he is a citizen of Russia and has a valid foreign passport of the aggressor country, publishing photos of the documents. On October 15, the publication The Insider stated that the copy of the alleged foreign passport of the Russian Federation of the mayor of Odesa, Gennady Trukhanov, published by the Security Service of Ukraine, is a forgery.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Trukhanov. Photo from his Telegram Source: Trukhanov in the comments of “Radio Liberty”
Details: In a comment to Radio Liberty, Trukhanov once again assured that he does not have and never had Russian citizenship.
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Direct speech: “I’m not suitable for the Office of the President, President… Why? I don’t know. It’s the 4th year of the war. I ensure the vitality of the city, the city’s defense capability, including at every “arrival”. I don’t know why I’m not liked. I’m already saying, maybe my hair doesn’t fit, I don’t know what. What’s wrong with me. Maybe the elections are coming.”
Details: The mayor added that Zelensky did not speak with him before making the decision to terminate citizenship. Trukhanov also believes that the president can later cancel this decree, saying that he was “misled, given these caricatures, not passports.”
When asked about a possible trip to Russia, Trukhanov emphasized that he does not have Russian citizenship for this procedure, and he fears for his own safety on the territory of the Russian Federation.
straight language: “You say exchange, for what exchange? But they will kill me as soon as they throw me there. Because what I do against them, how I oppose them, I will not tell you on the air now. But these facts are there. This is our enemy and my enemy. Every day we hide people.”
Prehistory:
- On October 14, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on social networks that he had made a decision regarding “persons whose Russian citizenship was found”, without naming names.
- “Suspilne” and the telethon “Yedini Novyni” received confirmation from sources in the state authorities that it is about Trukhanov in particular.
- Gennadiy Trukhanov has been the mayor of Odesa since 2014. At the same time, the first reports appeared that he had Russian citizenship. At the same time, the law on local self-government in Ukraine states that deprivation of citizenship is the reason for early termination of the mayor’s powers.
- The mayor of Odesa denies that he has Russian citizenship, he called the decision to revoke his Ukrainian citizenship a “falsification”. Trukhanov also announced that he will file a lawsuit in court.
- The Security Service of Ukraine later reported that Trukhanov’s Ukrainian citizenship was terminated because he is a citizen of Russia and has a valid foreign passport of the aggressor country, having published a photo of the documents.
- On October 15, the publication The Insider stated that the copy of the alleged foreign passport of the Russian Federation of the mayor of Odesa, Gennady Trukhanov, published by the Security Service of Ukraine, is a forgery.