OREANDA-NEWS Bulgaria has deprived 18 people of their citizenship, including four Russians, after the country's parliament voted in late March to abolish the "golden passports", the Sofia Globe reports.

Earlier it was noted that within six months after the amendments on "golden passports" become law, the state Agency of National Security will check whether there are grounds for revoking citizenship of any of those who received it under the canceled scheme.

"Of those who were deprived of their citizenship, four were from Egypt, four from Russia, four from Kazakhstan, three from China, two from Pakistan and one from Jordan," the publication said.