Russian oligarchs might see their European Union citizenship revoked below a proposal introduced Monday by the bloc's govt department.

Some member nations have golden passport schemes that make it attainable for rich folks to purchase citizenship within the EU, the Related Press reported. The European Fee really useful that these nations take into account whether or not to strip citizenship rights from Russians and Belarusians amongst tons of of sanctioned people—or those that help the Russia-Ukraine warfare—who could have obtained EU citizenship via these schemes.

The EU proposal is without doubt one of the some ways the bloc is working to ensure that people who're linked to the Kremlin or help the Russian invasion—which the United Nations mentioned has resulted in additional than 2,500 civilian casualties as of Friday final—really feel the results of the warfare. The EU and U.S. additionally introduced Friday new plans for Europe to cut back its reliance on Russian fossil fuels, the core of Russia's economic system.

EU Russian Citizenship Proposal
Russian oligarchs might see their European Union citizenship revoked below a proposal introduced by the bloc's govt department Monday. Above, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen chairs the weekly School of Commissioners assembly on the EU's headquarters in Brussels on March 16.Olivier Hoslet/Pool Photograph by way of AP

Since 2014, 877 people, together with Russian and Belarusian residents, have been focused with sanctions like asset freezes and journey bans, based on the AP.

Along with asking nations with golden passport schemes to resolve whether or not to strip EU citizenship from sure people, the bloc really useful revoking residence permits, which can have been issued below an investor scheme, from warfare supporters or Russian and Belarusian residents.

Replace 03/28/22, 9:30 a.m. ET: This story was up to date with further data and background.