LIVE: US Citizen Martindale Gets Russian Citizenship for Spying for Russian Military in Ukraine War

LIVE: US Citizen Martindale Gets Russian Citizenship for Spying for Russian Military in Ukraine War | N18G U.S. citizen Daniel Martindale, who reportedly supported Russia’s military efforts from inside Ukraine, has been granted Russian citizenship. Video shows Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, presiding over the ceremony as Martindale receives his Russian passport. A Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs officer confirms his new status, welcoming him to Russia’s “multinational family.”