CHICAGO – A dual citizenship bill designed as part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plan to encourage foreigners of Ukrainian heritage and those living abroad to return home has stalled in the Verkhovna Rada.
It was initially drafted by the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) jointly with the Kyiv-based National Institute of Strategic Studies and submitted to the Presidential Office last November. Mr. Zelenskyy registered the bill in the Verkhovna Rada in January and it was tabled for consideration six times before being removed from the legislature’s agenda on May 19, the Parliament’s website shows.