"The Cabinet (ministers. - RT ) has decided to initiate the process of canceling the citizenship of Cyprus 26 citizens," - quotes TASS Petridis.
According to the publication Philenews, among these 26 people, nine are Russian citizens.
In early August 2018, the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Rights and Gender Equality, Vera Yurova, announced the need for a more thorough examination of citizenship, in particular the issuance of the so-called “golden passports”.