Russian officers having passports seized as a consequence of flight issues

Russian officers and state staff are being requested at hand over their passports as a consequence of issues they’ll flee the nation. 

While no common insurance policies have been made public, it has change into more and more frequent for the Russian authorities to grab the passports of any official they deem a flight danger, in response to a latest investigation by Current Time and Radio Liberty.

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The emblem of the Russian Federation drawn within the passport. A lady reveals her Russian passport.

The investigation, reported by the Moscow Times, discovered that the restrictions on journey for government-adjacent Russians can range by individual and place — these much less instantly related to the Kremlin are in a position to resign from their place to maintain their passport. 

Because the journey bans are an unstated coverage not primarily based in legislation, exceptions and lodging reportedly exist. 

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The Grand Kremlin palace, left, and the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Russia introduced the beginning of a pullback of some forces after drills that raised U.S. and European alarm a few doable army assault on Ukraine.  (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)

For instance, acquiring permission to journey to a Russia-allied nation is feasible for much less politically essential people. 

The investigation discovered it was unlikely for Kremlin staff to be allowed out of Russia in any respect.

Russian Marina reveals her Russian passport as she poses for a photograph in a hostel of Belgrade.

Wealthy Russians have more and more been trying to keep away from being drafted into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine by making use of for citizenship within the Caribbean nation of Grenada.

Russians with the monetary means to take action have been making use of for citizenship in Grenada by way of an funding initiative that enables an applicant to obtain a passport to the nation for a minimal funding of $150,000 or a authorities accredited actual property buy at a price of $350,000, Bloomberg reported.

Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.