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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2023, 11:00 PM Jan 2023

Zelenskiy strips Putin ally Medvedchuk, three others of Ukrainian citizenship

KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stripped four political figures of their Ukrainian citizenship on Tuesday, including pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk who was transferred to Russia last year in a prisoner swap deal.

"I have decided to terminate the citizenship of four persons: Andriy Leonidovych Derkach, Taras Romanovych Kozak, Renat Raveliyovych Kuzmin and Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.

"If people's deputies choose to serve not the people of Ukraine, but the murderers who came to Ukraine, our actions will be appropriate."

Medvedchuk, a close ally of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, headed a banned pro-Russian party the "Opposition Platform - For Life" in Ukraine and was facing treason charges before being transferred to Moscow in September 2022.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelenskiy-strips-putin-ally-medvedchuk-003927687.html

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1. Language is Important

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Tue Jan 10, 2023, 11:38 PM

Jan 2023

I applaud the actions but wish that Pres. Zelenskiy phrased his comments less pharaonically in his nightly video address. As a war-time leader, he mustn't sound petty or dictatorial (like Mr. Putin).

Alternative phraseology:

"The Government of Ukraine has terminated the citizenship of four persons..."

or

"We, the People of Ukraine, have terminated the citizenship of four persons..."

He uses "our actions..." appropriately at the end.

We all wish him and the Ukrainian people well.

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