STA: Serbian government allegedly granted citizenship to more than 200 Russians without going through regular procedures

A number of powerful Russians who are connected to the Federal Security Service (FSB), as well as profiteers from the war in Ukraine, as well as oligarchs whose companies have been under sanctions for the past three and a half years, received Serbian citizenship outside of standard procedures – with a special decision of the Serbian Government stating that it is “in the national interest” of Serbia, writes KRIK. In this way, about 204 Russian me…

The Serbian government has granted citizenship to more than 200 influential Russians over the past three and a half years, bypassing regular procedures, on the grounds that they are important to the national interest. They include former intelligence officers, war profiteers and oligarchs whose companies are under sanctions over the war in Ukraine, Serbian investigative network Krik revealed on Wednesday.

Over the past three and a half years, the Serbian government has granted citizenship to more than 200 influential Russians, bypassing regular procedures, because they are important to the national interest.

Former Russian Security Service (FSB) special agent and former head of security for Russian oligarchs Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, Viktor Šendrik, received Serbian citizenship outside the usual procedure in 2023, KRIK and the Russian portal "Važne priče" reveal. The post Serbian citizenship through a special procedure for former Russian Security Service (FSB) special agent and profiteer of the war in Ukraine appeared first on KRIK.