online by the opposition MP Serhiy Vlasenko that strips Ukrainian citizenship from Kolomoyskyi and nine others, including both Hennadiy Korban, who had been deputy governor of Dnipropetrovsk under Kolomoyskyi (and since 24 February 2022, head of the Dnipro Territorial Defence), and Vadim Rabinovich. Although dual citizenship is prohibited in Ukrainian law, all three held Israeli passports. Kolomoyskyi who additionally holds a Cypriot passport, has reportedly quipped that while Ukrainian law prohibits dual citizenship, it says nothing about triple citizenship. Kolomoyskyi potentially had safe haven in Ukraine. Article 25 of the country's constitution states that “a citizen of Ukraine cannot be expelled from Ukraine or extradited to another state.” But there may be grounds for appeal, as it also rules that "a citizen of Ukraine cannot be deprived of citizenship". "There is no speculation", Zelenskyy said. "We grant or revoke citizenship of our state on a regular basis. This is a constant process. And all this happens all the time within the framework of the current legislation." Justice Minister Denys Maliuska refuted the suggestion that by this measure Zelenskyy shields Kolomoyskyi from the proscriptions of the anti-oligarch law. He noted that for the purposes of the law foreigners can also be designated as oligarchs. A source in Zelenskyy’s team has reportedly claimed that Kolomoyskyi had been "holed up" in the Menorah Centre he helped finance in Dnipro, hiding from Russian shelling, and that he has retired not only from business, but also from "socio-political life". At the end of June 2022, the barrister representing Kolomoyskyi in the London High Court, Mark Howard QC, said his client was a “target” of the Russian president. “We know that President Putin has him within his sights,” he told the court. The barrister for his co-defendant in the Privatbank fraud case made the same claim for Hennadiy Boholyubov, who he also described as hiding from bombs in Ukraine. Clare Montgomery QC suggested to the court that the war has “rendered oligarchy a worthless concept in the Ukraine”. Acknowledging the difficulties faced by the two billionaires in preparing their cases, the judge, Mr Justice Trower, agreed to delay the trial until June 2023. Personal life Kolomoyskyi holds Israeli and Cypriot citizenship. He is married to Dnipro native Irina Mikhailovna Kolomoyska. They have a daughter, Angelika Kolomoyska, and a son, Israel Zvi Kolomoyskyi. Awards 2006 – Knight of the Order "For Merits" III degree (19 August) 2015