Putin Deports Executives for Speeding as Sanctions Loom

Friday, March 14, 2014
By Paul Martin

By Jason Corcoran and Henry Meyer
Bloomberg.com
Mar 14, 2014

Even before the Ukraine standoff, foreign companies in Russia say they were alarmed by the number of executives being deported for minor infractions. Now with the West preparing sanctions, they’re bracing for more.

Almost 1,000 people from countries outside the former Soviet Union have had their work visas revoked for committing two or more “administrative violations” since the end of last year, when the migration service and traffic police linked their databases, according to immigration authorities. Such offenses can be as minor as a parking ticket, smoking in prohibited areas or even jaywalking.

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