View of Yalta and the Black Sea from Mount Ai-Petri. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Apr 20The name of the former head of the regional branch of the Ukrainian Privatbank, Boris Filkenstein, was removed from the list of deprivation of honorary titles and state awards of Crimea in order to carefully check the grounds for making such a decision, said Vladimir Konstantinov, speaker of the Crimean parliament. On Tuesday, a draft resolution with a list of eight names that are planned to be deprived of honorary titles, Filkenstein was also in it. However, on Wednesday the document was replaced with a new one, seven people remained on the list, Filkenstein is not on it. On Wednesday, the Crimean parliament, by its resolution, deprived these seven people of state awards of the republic, including ex-presidents of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma, boxer Oleksandr Usyk, singer Zlata Ognevich, ex-prime minister of Crimea Sergey Kunitsyn.
The speaker of the Crimean parliament advocated a ban on dual citizenship «We still need to verify each name so that we are not accused of starting to settle scores with someone. If Zlata Ognevich spoke terrible words about Russia, there are reasons for the leadership. Kravchuk is a defendant proceedings on the water blockade, publicly urged and told how to do it. During the special operation, Kuchma spoke about the aggressiveness of Russia and so on. That is, for specific facts,» Konstantinov told reporters. He added that on Wednesday morning he again discussed the list and his defendants with the head of the republic Sergei Aksyonov. Konstantinov added that public statements are the basis for taking action. «There are people who cause us hatred and indignation, but they have not been awarded anything with us. In general, many need to be worked on, convicted of their attitude towards Russia and Crimea. Publicity is the recognition of their attitude. We must respond to this,» Konstantinov added. Boris Filkenstein was awarded the distinction of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea «For Loyalty to Duty» and the honorary title «Honored Economist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea».
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