The Malta government has published a list of participants in the state program that received the Maltese citizenship in exchange for investments in 2019. In total, more than 3 thousand people became the owners of the so -called gold passports, of which at least 300 were from the countries of the former USSR, including Russia. According to RBC, among the recipients of passports included in the European Union, Malta is a billionaire from the Forbes list, the founder and co -owner of the manufacturer of Roofing Materials “Technonikol” Sergey Kolesnikov.
The lists of owners of Malta citizenship also included the full namesakes of a number of Russian businessmen: 
The lists of owners of Malta citizenship also included the full namesakes of a number of Russian businessmen:
the founder and co -owner of the chain of stores of goods for the repair “Petrovich” Andrian Melnikova;
the son of the ex-president of Rosneft, Sergei Bogdanchikov Alexei (former vice president of Novatek, now-the co-owner of Datapro, who is engaged in the development of data centers);
one of the founders of the developer of the LSR Georgy Vedernikov;
shareholder of the company “Vertical” (infrastructure operator for accommodation of mobile equipment) George Chumburidze;
co -owner of Valenta Pharm (manufacturer of Ingavirin and phenazepam) Anton Strekalov;
General Director of Energotreer “Rusenergosbyt” Andrei Zinoviev.
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