Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea FC football club, became a Portuguese citizen under a law granting passports to those whose Jewish ancestors had been expelled in the 15th century.
According to media reports, Abramovich must have proved that he was the descendant of Jews whose families fled the Iberian Peninsula as a result of campaigns of anti-Semitic persecution in Portugal and Spain.
A Portuguese passport allows Abramovich to live and work anywhere in the European Union....
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