To: Dr. Franklin
Your comment is correct about the Napoleonic/Roman Law countries, but regarding travel passports (zagranpassports) in Russia, bribes are absolutely not required. It is an enumerated constitutional right of Russian citizens to leave the country. Issuance of a zagranpassport requires the filling of an application and the payment of a fee (5000 rub for paper application, 3500 rub for electronic). You go to the office for a photo and fingerprints, and get your passport in 3-4 weeks. It is a very matter-of-fact process, very much like getting a US passport except that the photos need to be done in the office.
27 posted on
03/26/2022 7:21:26 AM PDT by
billakay
To: billakay
Your comment is correct about the Napoleonic/Roman Law countries, but regarding travel passports (zagranpassports) in Russia, bribes are absolutely not required. It is an enumerated constitutional right of Russian citizens to leave the country. Issuance of a zagranpassport requires the filling of an application and the payment of a fee (5000 rub for paper application, 3500 rub for electronic). You go to the office for a photo and fingerprints, and get your passport in 3-4 weeks. It is a very matter-of-fact process, very much like getting a US passport except that the photos need to be done in the office.
If nothing else, paying the bribe makes the process go faster. If the Russian government wants to end the litigation it will give him the passport for free and end his objection.
28 posted on
03/26/2022 8:48:55 AM PDT by
Dr. Franklin
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