My house is your house A new investigation suggests that Moscow’s political and economic favors fuel Serbia’s fast-tracked citizenship for well-connected Russians

My house is your house A new investigation suggests that Moscow’s political and economic favors fuel Serbia’s fast-tracked citizenship for well-connected Russians

Since early 2022, the Serbian government has bestowed citizenship “in the interest of the republic” on more than 330 people, including 204 Russian nationals, according to a new joint investigation by iStories and the Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (KRIK). A Serbian passport grants entry into the European Union and roughly a hundred countries around the world, making it especially coveted among influential Russians who have had to navigat…

From 2022 to 2025, Serbia issued more than 200 so-called “golden passports” to Russians, dozens of which are associated with Russian billionaires, sanctioned companies and military-industrial enterprises and could be potentially dangerous for EU countries. Such passports are issued “on a special basis” - for services to Serbia. These are Serbian passports that give the right to visa-free entry to the EU. An investigation into this was published …

From 2022 to March 2025, more than 200 Russians received Serbian passports, which give the right to visa-free entry to the EU, “in a special order” — for their services to Serbia. Dozens of them are linked to Russian billionaires, sanctioned companies and military-industrial enterprises, and have learned Important Stories. The article of the law, under which the Serbian authorities specially issued passports for services to the country, does not…