The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has terminated the powers of independent MP Andriy Artemenko.A total of 244 lawmakers voted for this decision.
The New York Times reported that Artemenko had handed a detailed plan for peace in eastern Ukraine that he said he authored over to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said the PGO has enough evidence that Artemenko has Canadian citizenship, in addition to Ukrainian citizenship.
On April 21, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office initiated the procedure of stripping Artemenko of Ukrainian citizenship with the State Migration Service of Ukraine.On May 4, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko signed decree on the termination of Ukrainian citizenship of a number of people, including MP Andriy Artemenko.
