Semen Kuksov, 25, was sentenced to more than five years’ imprisonment in February last year. He pleaded guilty to laundering more than 12 million British pounds (around $15 million) of criminally-obtained cash. He obtained Maltese citizenship in 2022 under the country’s controversial “citizenship-by-investment” program. Malta announced in its government gazette on October 21 that it had “deprived” Kukov of citizenship.
Source: OCCRP, 2025-10-24; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/malta-strips-citizenship-from-russian-convicted-of-money-laundering