One million Russians are banned from traveling out of the country due to debt
In Russia the number of debtors banned from travelling out of the country has reached almost one million people, reports Russian TASS news agency referring to the Federal Bailiff Service (FBS).
Currently more than 963,000 debtors are restricted from exiting the country. In total, those not permitted to travel abroad owe more than 650 billion rubles.
Service Director Artur Parfenchikov, says that almost 409,000 people (40%) are on the restricted list for failing to pay child support, another 20% of those prohibited from leaving (198,000 people) were issued fines for drunk driving.
The total amount of funds collected through the use of restrictions increased by 1.5 times compared with the first half of last year - up to 13.4 billion rubles (6.4 billion more). In particular, alimony payers paid 1.8 billion rubles.
Moscow has become a leader in the number of debtors banned from travelling abroad – 47,500 people were added on the list in 2016. It is followed by Volgograd region (42,000), Moscow region (40,000), Krasnodar region (38,000) and Perm region (almost 32,000).
At the end of 2015, 784,000 people were banned from leaving.