Dimitry Kochenov

Dimitry Vladimirovich Kochenov is a professor of legal studies at the Central European University.

[1] The Economist,[2] FT,[3] NYT,[4] BBC,[5] CBC,[6] NBC,[7] Le Monde,[8] Rzeczpospolita[9] and other outlets have paid attention to Dimitry's work or published his op-eds and interviews.

In his academic work, he has criticized citizenship as an unjustifiable form of apartheid, comparing it to racism, sexism, and slavery, and advocated its complete abolition.

[10][11] He has defended golden passport schemes and criticized attempts of the European Commission to restrict them.

In 2020, a University of Groningen investigation resulted in a warning, but concluded that while Kochenov failed to comply with the approval procedure for additional activities set out in the applicable regulations, he was not involved in the alleged ‘Maltese passport trade’.