Debt-ridden American travelers can relate
Travelers who complain about cancelled flights and rude hotel desk clerks might consider Russia, where more than 12,000 Muscovites have been banned for international travel this year. The reason: their outstanding debts.
The Federal Court Marshals Service said more than 3,700 Moscow residents had to cut their summer travel plans because of debt owed to the state, The Moscow Times reported.
By law, Russian citizens who have debts of US$170 or more are banned from traveling abroad.
The ban has allowed court marshals to collect $12 million in debts, the report said.
People may be unaware of their debts to the state, as bills are sent to registered residences, which are often not where people actually live.
In attempts to bill some debtors, court marshals recently combed the parking lot of an air show near the capital, searching for license plates of debtors.
By David Wilkening
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