RUSSIAN STATE DUMA NOT DEPRIVED GRIGOL VASHADZE OF RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.11.2009 21:31 GMT+04:00
Russian State Duma refused to take action to deprive the Foreign
Minister of Georgia Grigol Vashadze of Russian citizenship.
Previously, Deputy from "Fair Russia" Semen Bagdasarov made such
a proposal.
The head of the Duma’s Committee on Constitutional Legislation and
State Building Vladimir Pligin told that Russia does not have the
institution of deprivation of Russian citizenship its citizens,
even if the person, along with Russian has a foreign passport.
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev said
that Vashadze is an official, which expresses a nation-wide position,
ITAR-TASS reports.
Meanwhile Vashadze welcomed the intention to deprive him of Russian
citizenship, Georgia Online reports. The representative of the Georgian
Foreign Ministry Ia Makharadze stated that, according to the minister,
Russia’s desire to deprive him of citizenship is belated.