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Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation reported that people close to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov received UAE passports after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Investigators identified Lavrov's mistress and stepdaughter as among those who secretly obtained UAE citizenship in 2022. The findings add to a pattern of revelations about senior Russian officials and their families securing foreign residency or citizenship even as the Kremlin promotes wartime patriotism and restricts ordinary citizens' ability to travel or emigrate.