Roman Abramovich obtained Portuguese nationality last April.
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Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich obtained Portuguese nationality last April, we learned from the Portuguese government on Thursday.
“The Institute of Registers and Notaries (IRN) confirms the existence of a procedure for naturalization in the name of Roman Abramovich” which obtained “a favorable decision on April 13”, a spokesperson told AFP. word of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice.
The naturalization procedure was validated under the law allowing descendants of Jews expelled from this Iberian country to obtain Portuguese nationality as compensation for the persecution suffered by their ancestors in the 15th century.
“He proved that he was a descendant of Portuguese Sephardic Jews by a certificate issued by the Israelite community of Porto”, empowered to attest to the origin of the postulants, specifies this Portuguese spokesperson.
The 55-year-old Russian oligarch had already obtained Israeli citizenship.
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