Russian businessman Roman Abramovich. File photo MEXICO, Jan 14 The Portuguese Institute of Registration and Notaries is investigating the naturalization process of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, who became a citizen of this European country under the Sephardi Jewish citizenship law, Renascença reported last December. The Ministry of Justice confirmed that Abramovich received citizenship: the naturalization procedure was completed on 13 April. Abramovich's naturalization was made possible by a law of return that allows descendants of Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal and Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity to acquire Portuguese citizenship. According to the Ministry of Justice of the country, Abramovich provided a certificate from the Jewish community of the city of Porto as proof of origin from the Sephardim.
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According to media reports, the process of obtaining citizenship by a Russian billionaire was completed «in record time.» or violations in the procedures of the registration service. … In the specific case of the processes of acquiring citizenship by descendants of Sephardic Jews, the requirement for the tradition of belonging to the Sephardic community is confirmed by the Jewish community with the status of a religious legal entity, «the publication's website states.
The publishing house settled the dispute with Abramovich over the book «Putin's People»