Lithuanian deputies want to deprive the citizenship of the figure skater performing on the show of Peskov’s wife

Figure skater Margarita Drobyazko, who has represented Lithuania five times at the Olympics and won bronze medals three times at the world championships, may be deprived of citizenship of the republic due to performances at a show organized by the wife of the press secretary of the Russian president, Tatyana Navka. It is reported that amendments to the law on citizenship, adopted in March, may serve as the basis for such a decision. Lrytas.lt writes about it. with reference to the statement of members of the Lithuanian Parliament.

“We thought that after the adoption of the law there would be no such precedents. Unfortunately, in the public space we see that cooperation with the mouthpieces of the Kremlin continues,” MP Dalia Asanvichiute explained.

According to her, a request was made to the Lithuanian Ministry of Internal Affairs with a request to establish the facts of the figure skater’s cooperation with the Russian authorities. The parliamentarian also noted that a statement regarding Drobyazko’s citizenship has already been sent to the competent authorities. The whole procedure can take about a month.