Multiple citizenship according to the modern legislation of Ukraine

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the legal regulation of multiple citizenship under the modern legislation of Ukraine. Within the framework of the article, the author tries to analyze the current state of enshrining the right to citizenship in the legislation of Ukraine and the degree of the regulation of multiple citizenship. The possibility of introducing the multiple citizenship in Ukraine has been clarified and its necessity has been established. The announced changes to the legislation on citizenship were analyzed. The author put an emphasis on the relevance of issues of multiple citizenship, caused by the emigration of Ukrainians, by the large Ukrainian diaspora in the foreign countries as well as by the numerous representatives of national minorities who live in our country. In the context of the article, the importance of solving multiple citizenship issues at the legislative level and developing a clear state policy in this area are emphasized. Since enshrining in the legislation the so-called principle of «non-recognition of multiple citizenship» means only the non-recognition of its legal consequences. An intermediate conclusion about the significant gaps in the legislation of Ukraine about multiple citizenship based on the results of the analysis of normative-legal base was made. The author is convinced that the multiple citizenship in Ukraine come of conscious activity of the legislator and the need to solve the issues of multiple citizenship in Ukraine is extremely high. The theoretical and legal foundations of understanding the actual concept of citizenship and the concept of the right to citizenship by the legislation of Ukraine were analyzed. The multiple citizenship as a special legal position of a person who at one time is in the citizenship of two or more states was established. The author put an emphasis on the fact of absence of the concept of bipatrism in the law of Ukraine “On citizenship” and on the absence of the principle of inadmissibility of cases of multiple citizenship among the principles of state policy in the field of citizenship. It was concluded that the draft laws introduced by the President of Ukraine are directed towards changing the ordinary, not the constitutional, legislation on citizenship. That is why the opinion regarding the expediency of changing the legislation on citizenship in order to solve the problems of the outdated migration policy and satisfy the interests of a large part of Ukrainians was expressed.