Russia strips exiled climate striker, family of citizenship

By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — A Moscow court has stripped an exiled climate and antiwar activist of his Russian citizenship Monday. The court also revoked the citizenship of activist Arshak Makichyan’s father and two brothers on Monday. Makichyan is an ally of Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and made headlines in 2019 with a string of solo protests on Moscow’s Pushkin Square that lasted for months. He and his wife left Russia for Germany four weeks into Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Kremlin’s brutal dispersal of protests. In recent months, Makichyan has repeatedly spoken out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the meantime, several Russian businessmen have renounced their citizenship voluntarily.