Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin effectively closed the exit from Russia for his subordinates, that is, high-ranking government officials, The Bell reports , citing two sources familiar with the new working conditions for officials. According to the publication, there are no such restrictions in the Presidential Administration (AP).
High-ranking officials of the government, from ministers, chiefs of staff (and their deputies), to heads of departments, can now travel abroad only on official business and only with the permission of the prime minister.
The leadership of the Central Bank in the summer of 2022 "strongly recommended" its employees to refrain from traveling to "unfriendly" countries until "special instructions". Since then, for some civil servants, control has only intensified, and this is taken most seriously in the government, sources said.
Earlier in March, Kommersant reported that deputies of the State Duma and regional legislative assemblies, as well as senators and mayors, would have to report to the FSB and the Foreign Intelligence Service on their trips abroad in accordance with new amendments to the laws. Before that, the Sistema investigative project found out that after the start of the war against Ukraine, Russian civil servants and employees of state-owned companies are required to hand over their passports “for safekeeping” to the FSB or a special department at the place of work.
