Screenshots from the “Kod with Snezhana Lupevska Sozen” investigative TV show on the residences of Sushanto Roy in Macedonia, displaying the initial mansion (top left) and current flat. Used with permission. It might come as a surprise to Indian high society that one of their own has an official address in a modest post-communist building in Macedonia. Opening the Macedonian Voting Registry had been instrumental in tracking the Skopje address of Sushanto Roy, a son of Indian billionaire Subrata Roy, from an affluent neighborhood in 2016 to an unassuming flat in a working-class neighborhood in 2017. Sushanto Roy's residence — and whether or not he actually resides there — has brought up questions about Macedonian former ruling party VMRO-DPMNE‘s relationship to the Roy family and how these ties might be linked to government corruption. One of the mainstays of the 2017 local elections campaign run by Macedonia's former ruling party VMRO-DPMNE was fear mongering focused on demonizing migrants and inciting homophobia. Investigative reporting TV show “Kod so Snezhana Lupevska Sozen” (meaning “Code with Snezhana Lupevska Sozen”) researched the topic of granting Macedonian citizenships to foreigners during VMRO-DPMNE's reign. It turned out that — contrary to its rhetoric of presenting people from the Middle East as dangerous — during the last decade, quite a few people from that region have received citizenship as “investors” through a fast-track procedure. For instance, Reza Zarrab AKA Rıza Sarraf, an Iranian businessman — actually residing in Turkey — who was arrested in the USA in 2016 on suspicion of money laundering related to breaking the embargo on Iran, was given Macedonian citizenship. “Kod” also researched the family of Subrata Roy, a controversial Indian billionaire and partner of the former government. They used the data from the voter’s registry — made public ahead of local elections — to find out the current address of Sushanto Roy. Instead of the lavish villa in an elite suburb, his official address is now in a somewhat dilapidated apartment building in a far less glamorous neighborhood at the edge of town. In the following video of the show (in Macedonian language) we can see the young Roy's first and current official residence. Investigative reporters visited the flat, located in the drab block nicknamed “the tin building” which was built after the 1964 earthquake. There they encountered the owner, an elderly local man who didn’t want to talk on camera. He explained that members of the Indian billionaire family are indeed formal residents in his flat. The landlord then admitted that his close relatives worked in one of Subrata Roy's companies located in Macedonia and that he was asked to “rent” the flat [presumably as a return favor for the job]. Some citizens living in the Roy's ‘old neighborhood’ mockingly expressed disappointment due to his ‘move,’ and jokingly berated “Kod” manager, Snezhana Lupevska Sozen, for ‘bursting their bubble.’ Сушанто Рој не ми е више комшија :( Јебига нема да купуеме заедно леб и млеко. :((( Фала Лупевска. — Ej Brej (@Gogiche) October 9, 2017 Sushanto Roy is no longer my neighbor. :( Too bad, we won't be buying bread and milk [in the local store] together any more. :((( Thanks Lupevska. In 2012, the government of the Republic of Macedonia, promoted an economic program based on attracting foreign direct investments. It introduced the Indian billionaire Subrata Roy as a kind of ‘savior’, bringing hundreds of millions of euros to the country. He was supposed to receive — as a subsidy — part of Galichica National Park to build an enormous casino resort on Ohrid Lake which would include ‘an airport on the water,’ as well as huge tracts of land in Eastern Macedonia to build a farm for 20.000 cows. At the time, only several independent news portals paid attention to the fact that Subrata Roy was under investigation for massive fraud in his home country. In the meantime, in an effort to create goodwill, Roy's company Sahara, the Macedonian government and the media — under government control — conducted a comprehensive public relations campaign to promote Subrata Roy's company. The PR campaign included organizing an event named Sahara Balkan Peace Festival, which included some Bollywood entertainers, as well as a special appearance by former UK PM Tony Blair. Mr. Roy also announced that he would finance building a monument to Skopje-born Mother Theresa (1910-1997), whom he met and allegedly befriended in Calcutta. The government celebrated this by erecting a monument — in the form of a marble memorial plaque — to commemorate the announcement of the future monument. The site was one of the few remaining green spaces next to the Skopje main square.