Alexander Lukashenko
Politician
Belarusian, Ukrainian, possibly other
Kopys, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
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Alexei Navalny
Politician
Ukrainian, Russian
Butyn, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Alyssa Farah Griffin
Politician · TV Personality
Father: Syrian/Lebanese, French-Canadian, remote Portuguese Azorean · Mother: Polish, Ukrainian
Los Angeles, California, United States
Andriy Shevchenko
Athlete · Politician
Ukrainian
Dvirkivshchyna, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Chrystia Freeland
Politician · TV Personality
Father: Scottish, possibly other · Mother: Ukrainian
Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Danielle Smith
Politician · TV Personality
English, as well as Cornish, Irish, one eighth Rusyn/Ukrainian
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dmitry Medvedev
Politician
Russian, small amount of Ukrainian
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Konstantin Chernenko
Politician
Russian, Ukrainian
Bolshaya Tes, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Leonid Brezhnev
Politician
Russian, possibly some Ukrainian
Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Politician
Russian, Ukrainian
Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai, Russia)
Nick Clegg
Politician
* paternal grandfather – English * paternal grandmother – German, Ukrainian, Russian, smaller amounts of Polish · Mother: Dutch, as well as remote German
Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, U.K.
Petro Poroshenko
Politician
Ukrainian
Bolgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine)
Roman Abramovich
Politician
*75% Ashkenazi Jewish *25% UKrainian
Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Ruslana
Actor · Musician · Politician
Father: Ukrainian · Mother: Russian
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Zhan Beleniuk
Athlete · Politician
Father: Hutu Rwandan · Mother: Ukrainian
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Zlata Ognevich
Musician · Politician
Ukrainian, Serbian, Hungarian, Italian
Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine)