Latvian politician Ainārs Šlesers publicly claimed he would sell Latvian passports for one million euros each, with the sole condition that the buyer must know Latvian or Russian. He proposes a program to sell non-citizen passports, effectively granting permanent residence and EU state benefits. This plan would attract thousands of wealthy families, likely Russian-speaking, allowing them to reside permanently in Latvia with no easy means of deportation. The initiative is criticized as a national security threat, potentially enabling foreign influence and dominance without military intervention, by means of large-scale legal immigration and economic acquisition.

Latvian politician Ainārs Šlesers publicly claimed he would sell Latvian passports for one million euros each, with the sole condition that the buyer must know Latvian or Russian. He proposes a program to sell non-citizen passports, effectively granting permanent residence and EU state benefits. This plan would attract thousands of wealthy families, likely Russian-speaking, allowing them to reside permanently in Latvia with no easy means of deportation. The initiative is criticized as a national security threat, potentially enabling foreign influence and dominance without military intervention, by means of large-scale legal immigration and economic acquisition.