The acting Prime Minister of Serbia granted citizenship to former Verkhovna Rada deputy Vadim Novinsky

Acting Prime Minister of Serbia Djuro Matsut approved the decision to grant Serbian citizenship to former member of the Verkhovna Rada, one of the richest citizens of Ukraine (as of 2023, he was third on the list with $1.4 billion) Vadim Novinsky. TASS reports this with reference to the text of the decree.

The document, in particular, states that Novinsky was born in 1963 in Staraya Russa (Novgorod region). He received Ukrainian citizenship in 2012 by decree of President Viktor Yanukovych as a person with outstanding services to the country, and the following year he was elected as a people's deputy.

In December 2022, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine imposed sanctions against Novinsky, and later the Security Service of Ukraine announced that it had seized his property. In September 2025, a Ukrainian court arrested Novinsky in absentia on charges of treason and violation of the equality of citizens depending on their race, nationality, regional affiliation and religious beliefs.