Counterterrorism

Ban proposed on suspected terrorists from exiting Russia

Russian MPs have drafted a new bill that introduces a five-year ban on leaving the country for people who have not fully served their sentences for terrorist crimes, or who have received official warnings over actions that could assist terrorists.

One of the key sponsors of the bill, Chair of the State Duma Committee for Security Irina Yarovaya, described the initiative as “substantial and targeted at prevention and protecting our citizens and state from terrorism.”

The right of a Russian citizen to leave the Russian Federation can be limited when that citizen has received an official warning about unacceptability of actions that create conditions for crimes such as hostage taking, hijacking aircraft, trains or ships, starting an unprovoked war and using banned methods of war, as well as genocide and ecocide.