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“Passports for Special Merits”: Lavrov's Mistress and Stepdaughter Arranged for Themselves a “Spare Airfield” in the UAE

Svetlana Polyakova, who is considered the mistress of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and her daughter Polina Kovalyova received citizenship of the United Arab Emirates.
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FBC reported that Sergei Lavrov's partner Svetlana Polyakova and her daughter Polina Kovalyova received UAE citizenship. Investigators previously found £4.4m worth of property in Kovaleva's UK tsn.ua (news 1+1)

While the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov talks about countries that are unfriendly to Russia, and is filled with threats, his relatives received passports of another state.

According to Nexta, it is about Svetlana Poliakova and Polina Kovaleva. FBK says that Poliakova obtained UAE citizenship on 28 December 2022, "for the merits of the state. Kovaleva received the passport on 17 December 2022, on the basis of a contract of employment. Who are the two women UAE passport allows the two women to avoid the sanctions imposed by Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine. Several independent investigations described Po…

Svetlana Polyakova, who is considered the mistress of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and her daughter Polina Kovalyova received citizenship of the United Arab Emirates.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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According to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a close acquaintance of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov Svetlan Poliakov, with whom the BCF claims to have romantic relations, Lavrov has acquired UAE citizenship "for merit to the State", and her daughter, Polina Kovalev, became a UAE citizen as early as December 2022.

·Russian Federation (the)
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tvrain.tv broke the news in Russian Federation (the) on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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