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More than 200 Russian women and men received Serbian citizenship outside of the standard procedure, by a decision of the Government stating that it was "in the national interest" of Serbia
A series of powerful Russian which are connected with Federal Security Service (FSB), as well as war profiteers in Ukraine, but also oligarchs whose companies are under sanctions in the last three and a half years have received Serbian citizenship outside of standard procedures, writes KRIK.
As the research portal writes, citizenships were granted by a special decision Vlade in which it is stated that it is "in the national interest" of Serbia.
In this way, as many as 204 Russian men and women became citizens of Serbia by a special measure and thus managed to bypass the travel restrictions imposed on them by the European Union, according to the text jointly prepared by KRIK and the Russian portal Important Stories.
Crick states that since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it has been difficult for Russian citizens to travel to EU countries and a few other countries, "but powerful Russians who are connected to intelligence structures, war profiteers and oligarchs, found a way to bypass visas by securing passports of other countries for themselves, and for many of them, the passport of Serbia was tempting."
For one of them, Ivan Sibirev, KRIK writes that he is a war profiteer whose company "R-stroy" developed businesses in war-torn Ukrainian cities, and that last year the European Union punished his company for getting rich thanks to the war.
In the period in question, there were two governments in Serbia, the current Speaker of the Parliament Ana Brnabić led the cabinets until February 2024, and Miloš Vučević from May of that year until April 2025.
The granting of citizenships in this way is usually reserved for prominent people in the fields of science, sports or the arts.
The Government of Serbia did not comment on this research, according to KRIK.
Source: KRIK
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