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Arseniy Yatsenyuk, former Ukraine PM, with then Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper in July 2015. (Screen capture of CBC broadcast.)
Russia seeks international arrest warrant for former Ukraine PM, reported to now hold Canadian citizenship
David J. Climenhaga | The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is said to be seeking the extradition to Russia of Arseniy Yatsenyuk for events that took place in 1994 in Chechnya.
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Don Mazankowski
Location of immigration office in Vegreville steeped in Mulroney Era pork barrel politics, never made sense
David J. Climenhaga | Regardless of the timing and strategy for releasing the news, it's certain the move was planned in Ottawa while Stephen Harper was prime minister of Canada.
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ottawa won't say if former Ukrainian prime minister is now a Canadian citizen, as Russian media report
David J. Climenhaga | Approximately 600 people were granted expedited citizenship throughout the time the Harper government was in power.