On Tuesday came another sign: media reports that the Interior Ministry was banning foreign travel by every one of the nation’s police officers. And other law enforcement agencies were said to be following suit, so that as many as 4 million state employees may find themselves unwelcome to leave.
Travel restrictions are creeping back.
President Vladimir Putin mourned the loss of Soviet greatness in his speech welcoming Crimea to Russia last month — and a group of legislators shortly afterward petitioned for the prosecution of Mikhail Gorbachev for allowing the collapse to happen.
The State Duma require any blogger who gets 3,000 or more visitors a day to register with the state and be subject to state regulation.Pavel Durov, social network founder, had to flee the country.