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TOUGHER vetting procedures are likely to be imposed on wealthy individuals wishing to move to Jersey if they have links to the Russian government, the External Relations Minister has said.

FOUR wealthy Russians have been granted the right to live in Jersey in the past five years, the director of high-value residency at Locate Jersey Kevin Lemasney has confirmed.

A BESTSELLING author whose lawyer died in a Russian prison has called on Jersey to pass tough new laws to prevent the fortunes of corrupt oligarchs connected to the Kremlin flowing through the Island.

A REQUIREMENT that Deputies and Senators must be British citizens will remain in place after the States opted not to change election eligibility rules.

JERSEY’S ‘archaic’ sexual offences law is to be overhauled after politicians backed major changes which will create an offence of male rape for the first time and set out a clear definition of consent.

THE newly formed Jersey Lifeboat Association is ‘in a position to launch’ and is due to set out its action plan within days.

MINISTERIAL government and the way the civil service is run is to be overhauled after States Members backed Chief Minister Ian Gorst’s plans to reform the machinery of government.