Kolokoltsev allowed police officers to relax in Turkey and Thailand

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev allowed police to relax in Turkey and Thailand, Fontanka reports with reference to the disposal of Minister No. 943.

So, Turkey is no longer in the list of countries that police officers are forbidden to visit. Since 2015, a visit to the country for Russian security forces was prohibited.

In addition, Thailand appeared among permitted countries, employees learned about this on June 12, Kommersant found out .

As RBC notes with reference to the Association of Tour operators of Russia (ATOR), the Ministry of Internal Affairs was allowed to enter Turkey, the UAE, as well as to the Indonesian island of Bali. Applications for reservation of tours in these areas from the security forces began to come from the beginning of June, although earlier access to these countries was limited to them.

At the beginning of 2015, Kolokoltsev said that any departure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs outside Russia should be made only with the written permission of the head of the territorial body of the Department of Internal Affairs, the Deputy Minister or the Minister himself. The reason for the restriction was allegedly the fear that in some countries Russian police officers may arrest at the request of the United States.

In fact, for police officers, the restriction on traveling abroad began to work after the 2011 police reform.