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The article states: "On March 31, 2005, Kateryna Yushchenko was announced to have become a naturalized Ukrainian citizen."
First of all, we need a source to this claim. Second, by the UA law this could only be done if she officially renounced her US citizenship before the US consular officer, like was done by Roman Zvarych. This should have happened. Please add the info and sources. --Irpen 04:54, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Ukrainian law expressely requires the foreign nationals to renounce their foreign citizenship before the Ukrainian citizenship may be granted. In US such requirment is less expressed and is not enforced but in Ukraine it is. I read Zvarych saying how he had to renounce his US citizenship to get a Ukrainian one (to run for Parliament). This does not mean that Ukrainians cannot be dual citizens but they can only do so legally if the Ukrainian is the first one. A caveat, conventions allow the countries to withdraw their citizenship from individuals who took the second citizenship but in reality Ukraine does not do that. As such, many people have Ukrainian and other citizenship but Ukraine does require renouncing before granting its own citizenship. I am pretty sure Chumachenko cannot be a US citizen now. I will try to locate some info. --Irpen 06:59, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Info on parents doesn't belong to the lead sections. Happy edits, Ukrained (talk) 08:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Very tired right now, I won't remember to do it when I wake up 63.155.11.190 (talk) 08:57, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
The InsightGuides book on Russia states in the section "Life Today in Belarus and Ukraine" states that "Viktor Yanukovitch [sic] became the status quo's candidate for the presidency. Yanukovitch [sic] had been imprisoned twice; in 1968 and 1970, for robbery and bodily injury respectively. His opponent was Viktor Yushchenko, a Western-leaning politician with an American wife."
Initially I believed this claim but I decided to check just in case. And, of course, I found that this claim was false. Kateryna Yushchenko, the subject of this article, is Ukrainian. I feel stupid for even believing this theory in the first place. As marrying a foreigner is an extremely modern and unorthodox thing, nobody would listen to a politician who had committed such an act. Why does the book claim this? Is it some pro-Yanukovych and anti-Yushchenko propaganda? 2A00:23C7:5882:8201:E91A:A145:3B4E:6315 (talk) 21:27, 4 April 2023 (UTC)