Dmitry Kisiev. Photo: Slovo Zashchite
Dmitry Kisiev, who ran the 2024 campaign of would-be Russian presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin, had his Russian citizenship revoked in part because he was spotted attending the funeral of murdered opposition politician Alexey Navalny, Kisiev’s lawyer Alexander Molokhov has claimed.
According to Molokhov, Kisiev’s attendance of Navalny’s funeral in Moscow in March 2024 was one of the reasons behind his acquired Russian citizenship being rescinded last year, which the Moscow City Court considered a state secret.
Kisiev’s fourth appeal against the revocation of his citizenship took place in November, though details of the ruling have not yet been published. His three previous appeals were all thrown out on technicalities.
Deemed by the FSB to “negatively affect political and social stability” and “pose a threat to national security”, Kisiev, who comes from Crimea, was a Ukrainian citizen until 2014, but automatically became a Russian citizen following the illegal Russian annexation of the peninsula that year.
The FSB informed him in July that he was being deprived of his Russian citizenship. Nadezhdin has voiced his support for Kisiev, arguing that the decision sets a dangerous precedent for those who acquire Russian citizenship, including all Soviet citizens who later became Russian citizens.
