INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian governors and party leaders in several regions have informally restricted local officials from traveling abroad following
and Dubai circulated online
While in Dubai, one of them was spotted with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's daughter Ksenia Shoigu, whose holiday abroad did not draw any
criticism.According to Kommersant, the scandals prompted governors and the ruling United Russia party in at least seven Russian regions to
has reportedly been in place in the western Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine and Belarus, ever since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in
February 2022.The Belgorod and Kursk regions, which like Bryansk share borders with Ukraine, do not appear to have imposed travel bans for
their respective officials.Likewise, the ruling party in St
relatives of top Russian officials have frequently been spotted vacationing abroad, including in NATO and EU states, despite the
introduction of targeted Western sanctions against their parents and visa restrictions for Russian nationals, according to an investigation
