Journalist Alexander Nevzorov. File photoMOSCOW, June 8 Seven petitions against Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov* were registered Wednesday on the website of Vladimir Zelensky's office. The petitions were submitted by various citizens. Some calls not to grant Ukrainian citizenship specifically to Nevzorov*, while others offer to refuse all citizens of the Russian Federation and him in particular.Concorde explained why Milov * was put on the wanted list «The granting of Ukrainian citizenship to all Russians, without exception, should be denied and not even considered the reasons for their application. The appeal of A. Nevzorov * and his wife should be denied. This should happen indicatively and with explanations, with mandatory coverage in the media,» the text of one of these petitions says. Each of the petitions so far contains no more than a few dozen votes out of the 25,000 required for consideration. Last week, Advisor to the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Anton Gerashchenko, said that Zelensky had provided citizenship to Nevzorov* and his wife «for outstanding services» to Ukraine. The Ukrainian publication Segodnya reported, citing sources in the Cabinet of Ministers, that Nevzorov* and his wife Lydia received Ukrainian citizenship on May 21. Then this media noted that the document was not published. Later, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that Nevzorov * really applied for citizenship, but he has not yet been granted it. Glukhovsky was arrested in absentia under an article about discrediting the Russian Armed ForcesIn March, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against Nevzorov* for disseminating false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces.* Media acting as a foreign agent
The State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft law on control over foreign agents
