citizenship

Mr Durov, who was born in Russia and now lives in Dubai, has citizenship in Russia, France, the United Arab Emirates and the Caribbean island nation of St Kitts and Nevis.

Mr Musk's father Errol in an interview with GB News, suggested his son, whose grandmother was British, could take UK citizenship to get round foreign donation rules.

Egan released the boys “to avoid any legal entanglement,” but the paper still tsked-tsked that “Indians … are not amenable to the restrictions imposed by American citizenship.”

However, he later became a fierce critic of the Kremlin, and secured work with the British intelligence agency MI6, as well as citizenship.

City employees may not seek or collect information about an individual’s citizenship or immigration status, unless the information is necessary to provide a city service.