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EU Seeks End To 'Golden Passport' Schemes, Urges Revoking Visas To Russians

https://www.theepochtimes.com/eu-seeks-end-to-golden-passport-schemes-urges-revoking-visas-to-russians_4367874.html

The European Commission has called for EU members to cease the
practice of selling citizenship to investors and to suspend the sale
of immigration visas to citizens of Russia and Belarus.

On Monday, the European Commission issued a recommendation to member
states of the European Union, urging these nations to limit access to
such so-called “golden passport” programs to individuals connected
with the Russian and Belarusian governments, in response to the former
nation’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

    “Some Russian or Belarusian nationals who are subject to sanctions
or are significantly supporting the war in Ukraine might have acquired
EU citizenship or privileged access to the EU, including to travel
freely in the Schengen area, under these schemes,” the European
Commission said.

For years, the sale of EU visas has been a multi-billion dollar
industry and a valuable source of income for the nations
participating. However, this practice has been the bane of regulators
in the European Parliament, many of whom consider such programs a
security risk for the visa-free zone of the Schengen Area, which
encompasses most the the EU.

Presently, only three EU states have programs for the direct sale of
passports: Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Malta, all of which have committed to
ending such programs.

However, golden visa schemes remain somewhat more widespread. Like
golden passport programs, these schemes allow for investors to receive
immigration benefits from significant investment in the country
sponsoring them, with little or no expectation that they must reside
in the country.

The new push may be interpreted as the EU’s latest effort to undermine
Putin’s grip on power by punishing the Russian oligarchs, many of whom
enjoy time spent abroad in Western Europe with their lavish fortunes.

Previously, European officials have targeted the Russian oligarchy
with measures such as freezing Russian assets, impounding the private
jets, and seizing the summer homes of the nation’s wealthiest
expatriates. In so doing, policymakers hope to stir discontent among
the keys to power in the Russian Federation, placing pressure on Putin
to walk back the war in Ukraine.

However, with the suspension of golden passport programs, there is an
additional benefit: such a policy would close the door to potential
security risks, as oligarchs sympathetic to Putin’s Russia could
possibly use their security as citizens of European countries to
undermine the EU.

The European Commission urged members to review carefully Russian and
Belarussian beneficiaries of such program, cautioning nations to
withdraw the naturalization of any individual blacklisted by EU
members or who “supports by any means the war in Ukraine or other
related activities of the Russian government or Lukashenko regime
breaching international law.”

It said some Russians or Belarusians are among 877 individuals listed
for asset freezes and travel bans imposed since 2014 who might have
acquired EU citizenship and had access to the Schengen area.