Chechen Leader Proposes Travel Ban for State Officials

Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia’s Chechen republic, published an opinion piece Monday suggesting that a range of current and former high-ranking Russian officials should be banned from traveling abroad. Kadyrov’s article, published in the Russian daily newspaper Izvestia, said that the travel ban should be imposed on “those who have or formerly had access to secret files of strategic importance.” The politician, who has been accused of human rights abuses in the North Caucasus republic that he governs, expressed concern that some former senior officials move abroad after leaving their posts and that their luggage might contain data of state importance.

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