Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Khabib Nurmagomedov’s debt has grown to almost 310 million rubles

Former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), native of Dagestan, Khabib Nurmagomedov owes the tax service 309.7 million rubles. As Rossiyskaya Gazeta notes, since May of this year the athlete’s debt has increased by 3.5 million. He does not comment on the situation personally.

It was previously reported that Nurmagomedov is a citizen of the UAE. He hides the presence of a foreign passport, the Dossier Center reported. For the past 10 years, the athlete has crossed the US border with his UAE passport. According to the Emirates law, which was in force until 2021, he could only obtain citizenship of this country by renouncing Russian citizenship.

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