@JohnnyDoe suggested making a thread about getting Russian citizenship when I mentioned its availability in another thread, so here it is. I have not done it yet nor do I have a reference for someone like Fred providing white glove service to handle the details. If anyone can provide such a reference it would be greatly appreciated.
The requirements are relatively simple:
1.Invest 10 million rubles to create a company that employs at least 10 people.
2.Your company's taxable income must be at least 10 million rubles every year.
2b.Alternatively, you can invest at least 10 million rubles to acquire at least 10% of a company that pays at least 10 million rubles in taxes every year.
3.Following these conditions you qualify for permanent residence after one year and citizenship after three.
4.Some websites say Russian language proficiency is required for citizenship, others do not mention it. Having learned Russian myself the hardest part is getting your brain to read Cyrillic letters properly. Once you learn the alphabet everything is just as phonetic as Japanese kana and fluency is simply a matter of increasing your Russian vocabulary.
This looks like a pretty good deal to me. The actual amount of money you need to invest isn't that much higher than one of the Caribbean passports. The current Russophobic hysteria is not sustainable and already dying down among all but the most unhinged. Chances of being denied entry with a Russian passport three years from now are practically zero. If Russia isn't on your radar, maybe it should be.
The requirements are relatively simple:
1.Invest 10 million rubles to create a company that employs at least 10 people.
2.Your company's taxable income must be at least 10 million rubles every year.
2b.Alternatively, you can invest at least 10 million rubles to acquire at least 10% of a company that pays at least 10 million rubles in taxes every year.
3.Following these conditions you qualify for permanent residence after one year and citizenship after three.
4.Some websites say Russian language proficiency is required for citizenship, others do not mention it. Having learned Russian myself the hardest part is getting your brain to read Cyrillic letters properly. Once you learn the alphabet everything is just as phonetic as Japanese kana and fluency is simply a matter of increasing your Russian vocabulary.
This looks like a pretty good deal to me. The actual amount of money you need to invest isn't that much higher than one of the Caribbean passports. The current Russophobic hysteria is not sustainable and already dying down among all but the most unhinged. Chances of being denied entry with a Russian passport three years from now are practically zero. If Russia isn't on your radar, maybe it should be.