There is a Directive of the Ministry of Defense, which establishes a ban on the departure of police officers abroad. Previously, Russian security forces were not forced to stay at home, but they were advised to refrain from traveling abroad. At the moment, the restriction on the departure of police officers abroad is presented in a mandatory form. Many analysts believe that perhaps these inconveniences will only get more complicated.
Rules of leaving the country for military personnel
Article 2 of the Law of 08.15.1996 N 114- stipulates that a citizen of the Russian Federation is not entitled to limit the possibility of traveling abroad, except as otherwise provided by this resolution. Having become acquainted with its main points, it will be possible to determine precisely whether a particular person can leave the country, or if he does not have this right.
There are some regulations that restrict police officers from traveling abroad. They all have a justification, so you must be familiar with them:
- Access to classified materials and state secrets. This information is classified when taking into account the law "On State Secrets". Sometimes, police officers fall under this law, travel abroad of which is limited at the conclusion of an employment contract, that is, this restriction is already prescribed in its conditions. This is only possible provided that the restriction on traveling abroad applies longer than 5 years from the day the person gained access to the classified materials and was acquainted with them. The restriction is introduced for the period while a person uses the information and it may be of value to independent persons, but no longer than the specified period.
- Conscription for military or civil service of alternative importance. These actions should be carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. This restriction applies until the alternative civilian or military service has ended.
- Public service or permanent work in the FSB. The restriction comes into force after signing the contract and is canceled only after its completion or termination.
Additional Provisions
In some cases, the Interagency Commission decides that state secrets have not lost their significance in terms of the danger of disclosure and the importance of specific information. In this case, they may prohibit the departure of police officers abroad for a certain time, that is, extend the period. These changes are made to the employment contract. The total term of the restriction, which is not interrupted by the possibility of leaving the country, should be no more than 10 years, while it includes years limited by the employment contract.
Features of the ban on leaving the country
Usually, bans on traveling abroad relate exclusively to employees related to law enforcement agencies, namely:
- FSB officers.
- In cases where a citizen, while not necessarily an employee of the security department, has gained access to certain secret documents that may fall under the classification of state secrets. This restriction is only valid if it relates to the provisions in a signed employment contract.
- A citizen who is a military officer due to compulsory conscription.
In case of restriction on leaving the country, a foreign passport is placed in the state body, which was engaged in its registration and issue. In any case, the military has difficulty leaving the country, and they are notified of the fact of a complicated border crossing of the Russian Federation when they draw up an employment contract or enter the service.
State Secret Protection
The Department of Internal Affairs regulates the restriction on traveling abroad. Police are limited to protecting important state secrets. The prohibitions on travel abroad include many employees who, on duty, have access to important information. A direct ban is not established, but there are recommendations that prohibit people from traveling abroad. Police and military personnel obey this.
When analyzing the awareness of a particular employee, that is, the level of his access to information of a certain degree of secrecy, his superiors can independently make a decision regarding the possibility of his going abroad the Russian Federation. Sometimes a particular police officer has the right to access secret files, but he did not use them in the process, which means he can leave the country because he is not able to divulge state secrets.
If the degree of secrecy is important, it is divided into three categories
- Highly sensitive and sensitive information. This is the 1st form of admission, for which you need insurance to travel abroad. This aspect concerns the higher heads of various departments, heads of departments. This is how the ban on police travel abroad is prescribed.
- Information that is considered top secret is protected, but many operational employees are familiarized with it, so access to this information is subject to protection in accordance with form 2 of the permit.
- Secret information that every employee is entitled to use in the order of his own service. Such information is protected in form 3.
Refusal to go abroad can be received by people who are related to information protected by forms 1 and 2 of the admission, and form 3 has no restrictions in this matter. This is the reason for the ban on police travel abroad.
The second level of access is enjoyed by various employees of departments and the FSB, it should be remembered that ordinary investigators can also deal with top-secret information, which limits the departure of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs abroad. All restrictions apply to those people who are carriers of information about state secrets. Those who were not involved in it and do not know secret information are not subject to the travel ban.
Employee Safety
Russian security officials were restricted from leaving the country after the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs determined that it was undesirable to allow employees to travel to countries where an extradition treaty was concluded with the United States. All citizens of Russia who have taken a trip to these countries cannot be considered protected by domestic law. The leadership of the law enforcement agencies made this warning an order, so all the employees were forced to hand over the issued foreign passports. This order is based solely on the safety of employees, and the right to leave is reserved for them, but at the moment, the state recommends abstaining from this. This confirms the prohibition of the police to travel abroad.
Regulation of the departure of security forces abroad
The instruction, which prescribes the movements of the security forces and their possible departure, provides that the military may be limited in this right for a certain period or for the whole time when the labor contract is relevant. If civilians have entered into an employment contract with the Ministry of Defense, they may also be subject to this prohibition, so insurance is required for traveling abroad.
Police opened a trip abroad. To obtain permission to leave the security forces, they must go through a clearly regulated procedure and collect certain documents. A report or application should be submitted, clearly filled out according to the model, in the name of the head of the specific department.
There are exceptions that relate to the need to travel abroad due to a serious illness of a specific relative or his death, as well as related to the need for independent treatment in another country. The chief makes a decision with which the employee who submitted the application is subsequently introduced. A certificate is issued that must be submitted to the personnel department. This indicates the absence of police officers abroad.
Features of the compilation and application of help
In the certificate, employees indicate whether a particular person has received the right to leave the country, or is denied this. Further decisions of the employee depend on the decision of the officials. So, the police can travel abroad. If a person received a positive answer, he must go to the personnel department in order to present the issued certificate. There he will be given a passport, after which there is the possibility of free travel outside the country. This is how the ban on police travel abroad is decided.
Issuance of a passport
An employee’s international passport is located in the personnel department and can only be issued upon presentation of a permit regulating the right to leave the country. This determines the departure of police officers abroad. If the military personnel or citizens of the state are related to service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then the registration of a passport with them is carried out with the participation of the above certificate. Sometimes a soldier needs to stay abroad for more than 15 days or there are exceptional reasons that govern his stay outside the country. In these cases, the head of the employee may issue him permission to cross the border only after agreement with the senior management.
Difficulties crossing the border
Police have allowed travel abroad. Military personnel and other employees who have access to data of special secrecy may obtain a passport from the personnel department, but are forced to return it after 5 days after receipt. Such employees have difficulties in obtaining a certificate for traveling abroad, as their activities are regulated by various regulations protecting state secrets. So regulated Departure of police officers abroad.
If these persons have received permission to travel abroad, then after returning from another country, they are forced to hand in a passport to the personnel department, and then draw up a detailed report on the features of their stay in another country. This document is provided for review by a higher management.
Sometimes, for the departure of high-level executives, permission from an even higher level bosses is required, and to cross the border of other employees, they need to appeal to the bosses. If access to secret information for an employee was carried out in the second form, when his departure is undesirable, crossing the border will be the most difficult action, possible only in exceptional cases.
Differences
Ordinary citizens of Russia, not related to state secrets, are free to cross the border in accordance with generally accepted rules. For law enforcement officials, this process is complicated, as they often receive permission to familiarize themselves with data of great national value.
A document has been released that restricts the right of Russian military personnel to leave the country's borders. Significant restrictions were imposed on many groups, in particular, such persons:
- Employees in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including the whole range of posts.
- People who are employees of the migration service of the Russian Federation.
- Attributed to the department responsible for combating drug trafficking.
- Controlling the process of punishment.
- Individuals assigned to the Ministry of Defense.
Features of obtaining a visa
A visa cannot be obtained without hindrance by anyone who has anything to do with state secrets. There is also a separate restrictive list, which includes all countries that are allowed to visit by citizens who are in military service. The list of states was compiled on the basis of the general political situation in the international arena.
The Ministry of the Interior severely limited its employees in the possibility of overseas vacations, since even neighboring countries were banned from leaving. Some individuals for a certain period of time become almost restricted to travel abroad. Such restrictions are undertaken primarily to ensure the safety and peace of the employees themselves. There are recommendations asking all police officers to refrain from traveling to some countries. These restrictions and prohibitions apply to almost all military personnel; therefore, orders received a wide public response.