The Russian Consulate General in Odessa have not received the statement on withdrawal of Russian citizenship, Acting Deputy head of the Odessa regional state administration Maria Gaidar, said a source in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
"Right now I contacted the Consulate General of Russia in Odessa. Gaidar had not filed such a statement", - has told "Russian news service" a source in diplomatic circles of Russia.



on the last working day of the week in the afternoon it was announced that the Advisor to the head of the Odessa region of Ukraine Maria Gaidar wrote a message about the refusal of Russian citizenship. Recall, on Tuesday, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on granting citizenship and handed the passports of Ukrainian citizens Russian politician Maria Gaidar and journalist, former chief editor of the Forbes-Ukraine Vladimir Fedorin. Maria Gaidar left Russia and entered the Odessa team leader Mikheil Saakashvili, taking the post of his Deputy on social issues. At this appointment has responded to the Russian blogosphere and media that build version about what motivated the choice of Saakashvili. Maria Gaidar 32 years, she is the daughter of former Acting Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, and great-granddaughter of the famous Russian playwright Arkady Gaidar.

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