Volodin proposed to oblige deputies to notify about traveling abroad

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin proposed amendments to the parliamentary regulations obliging deputies to notify the control committee about leaving Russia (except for business trips), said State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Mikhail Matveev in his Telegram channel. He added that the chairmen of the Duma committees and vice-speakers must, according to the amendments, notify the speaker of his departure abroad.

“The proposed norm can be introduced into the regulations of the State Duma before the end of the meeting,” said Mr. Matveev.

“b” earlier figured outthat on January 17, the governor of the Vologda Oblast, Oleg Kuvshinnikov (United Russia), “strongly recommended” deputies and officials of the region “to refrain from traveling to foreign countries.” According to Kommersant, similar unofficial bans have been introduced in the Ulyanovsk and Tambov regions, as well as in the Republic of Mari El, Chuvashia and North Ossetia. Local authorities cannot officially prohibit officials from leaving the country. In the Kremlin declaredthat “hardware restrictions” on the vacation of Russian officials abroad have not been established.

Restrictions on travel abroad for officials and deputies began to be introduced after two scandals related to the New Year holidays of regional deputies. First, sharp criticism was caused by a video from the rest of the non-partisan deputy of the Kursk Regional Duma Maxim Vasiliev: a video with him from Mexico got on the Internet, and then a selfie of a member of the United Russia faction in the Vologda Legislative Assembly Denis Dolzhenko from Dubai.

Read more about unofficial bans on holidays abroad for officials in the material. “They don’t need the Dubai coast”.

Erdni Kagaltynov