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Russians Are Buying ‘Ukrainian Citizenship’ to Flee to Europe<!-- wp:html --><p>Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty</p> <p>Some <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/scorned-russian-mothers-use-putins-draft-to-rat-out-deadbeat-exes">Russians</a> have reportedly embarked on a new desperate gambit to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-says-2022-is-year-of-unity-as-419k-russians-flee-the-country">flee the country</a>: buying “Ukrainian citizenship” online.</p> <p>The scheme, reported by the independent outlets <a href="https://t.me/mozhemobyasnit/14267">Mozhem Obyasnit</a> and <a href="https://poligonmedia.io/v-rf-spros-na-ukrainskie-pasporta/">Polygon Media</a> on Wednesday, has apparently been unfolding in brazen fashion on the website Avito.ru, a marketplace similar to Ebay. One listing for “Ukrainian citizenship” promised that the passport would allow buyers to more easily cross European borders, Mozhem Obyasnit reports.</p> <p>The asking price was set at 80,000 rubles, or about $1,250. As of Wednesday morning, the listing spotted by the two news outlets had apparently been deleted, though fresh postings had gone up for “Argentinian citizenship.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-are-buying-ukrainian-citizenship-to-flee-to-europe?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Some Russians have reportedly embarked on a new desperate gambit to flee the country: buying “Ukrainian citizenship” online.

The scheme, reported by the independent outlets Mozhem Obyasnit and Polygon Media on Wednesday, has apparently been unfolding in brazen fashion on the website Avito.ru, a marketplace similar to Ebay. One listing for “Ukrainian citizenship” promised that the passport would allow buyers to more easily cross European borders, Mozhem Obyasnit reports.

The asking price was set at 80,000 rubles, or about $1,250. As of Wednesday morning, the listing spotted by the two news outlets had apparently been deleted, though fresh postings had gone up for “Argentinian citizenship.”

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