Russia's Constitutional Court upheld a statutory prohibition on the issuance of international passports to convicts before they have fully served their sentence, including probation or parole. The statute was challenged by a paroled former police officer who wanted to attend hearings on his case in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and a woman seeking medical treatment abroad whose two-year prison sentence for tax evasion was suspended. Recently Russia's Supreme Court found legitimate a similar restriction for persons under criminal investigation.
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