Yesterday, On the first day of the State Duma of a new convocation, the Montenegro government has published scans of decisions on the provision of citizenship to people representing “special importance for the interests of the Republic of Montenegro.” The documents contain the names, surnames and places of birth of the new Montenegrins.
Judging by these data, Montenegro citizenship, presumably, received the wife, son and daughter of Vladimir Blotsky, deputy State Duma from the Communist Party.
In the Paradise Papers materials published in 2017, Blotsky is listed as the director of the company from Uruguay and the owner of the Czech Republic, which he rewrote on his father a week before the parliamentary elections of 2016. In 2018, the journalists of the Novaya found a residence permit in Hungary with the deputy and his family. Blotsky himself declaredthat he immediately refused a residence permit.
As a deputy of the State Duma Blotsky Promotes Import substitution in the fish industry. Earlier he Engaged Fish as a director and owner of several commercial enterprises.
Montenegro Launched The Golden Passports program at the end of 2019. To obtain Montenegro citizenship under this program, it is necessary to pay a state fee of 100 thousand euros, as well as invest from 250 to 450 thousand euros in the country’s economy (the amount depends on the region). Moreover, Russian law prohibits spouses of deputies use foreign financial instruments, without which it is impossible to invest in a foreign economy.
Citizenship programs in exchange for investments Often use Residents of countries with a high level of corruption and high risk to fall under political persecution. In addition to the possible advantages in terms of movement through Western countries, the key reason for the acquisition of “gold passports” is a distrust of their own country, the fear of losing their money and business in an unstable political and economic situation.
In 2020, his own citizenship program in exchange for investments turned off Cyprus: After a journalistic investigation, it turned out that due to corruption at the highest levels of power, even those who are under criminal prosecution can receive a passport of this island state. The European Union is trying to fight similar programs in other countries of the association. In the spring of this year, the government of Montenegro announced About the folding of their program: “Golden Passports” could slow down the process of entering the country into the European Union.
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