INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
employees are not allowed departures
introduced an informal travel ban for officials in 2022, when Moscow invaded Ukraine and its ties with the West deteriorated to
post-Cold-War lows.Reuters wrote that the travel ban was formally adopted in mid-2023 and similar restrictions have now been introduced for
Kingdom of Dmitry Ovsyannikov, the former Russian-installed head of Sevastopol in annexed Crimea
This meant that Kremlin Chief of Staff Anton Vaino or even President Vladimir Putin himself had to personally sign off on foreign trips.
