Such an investigation was conducted by the Italian freelance journalist Sarah Farolfi and shared the results in the German edition.

She said that the majority of Russians who bought the citizenship of Cyprus also acquired EU passports.

According to the Cypriot authorities, during the four years of the naturalization program, 1,300 passports were sold for money.

Another ten Ukrainians bought last year for half a million euros the so-called "golden visa" in Portugal. The visa gives the right to live and work in the country for six years, as well as the right to naturalization.

Farolphy said that this is not the entire list that is known to her, since there are still as many surnames that she can not yet name.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", After the entry into force of the visa-free regime with the countries of the European Union, the Ukrainian passport rose immediately to 18 positions.