Police of the Russian Federation forbid to go abroad

Now, this prohibition applies only to officers who have access to state secrets.

The government of the Russian Federation supported the idea to ban interior Ministry personnel to travel abroad. Government Commission on legislative activities has given on Monday, March 13, a positive opinion on the draft law ex-the Deputy from LDPR Dmitry Nosov.

Information about the approval of the initiative was confirmed by the party Committee meeting.

The document envisages the introduction of “temporary restriction of the right of citizens of the Russian Federation” on trip abroad in case if he is a police officer or passing a civil service in bodies of internal Affairs “on individual positions.”

In addition, the bill proposed to prohibit the Ministry of the interior, for those who have a residence permit or another document confirming the right to permanent residence in a foreign country. The government recommends that the Ministry of foreign Affairs to approve the list of “foreign States, which are not recommended to visit the staff of bodies of internal Affairs”.

In the state Duma the opinion of the government not yet received. It is not known when the bill may be considered.

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This is not the first attempt to introduce a limit on foreign trips for law enforcement and security forces. In April 2015 the recommendations not to travel to Western countries sent their employees to the leadership of the interior Ministry and the FSB. Several persons interviewed in the police then told me that all officers, from platoon commander and later, handed over to the HR departments in your passport. Later among the security forces were secretly circulated and the list of undesirable to visit countries.

In October, 2016 from the Ministry of internal Affairs was dismissed the head of the Department “f” of the Main Directorate of economic security and combating corruption Dmitry Katkov, who led the fight against crimes in the financial sector. The reason for the resignation was that he did not indicate in the Declaration the apartment in Montenegro.

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