Borders closed in Chechnya during presidential electionTimur Aliyev, North Caucasus, August 25 – Non-residents will not be able to enter or leave Chechnya between August 26 and 30. This PW correspondent was given this information at one of the checkpoints on the Chechen-Ingush border.
Only residents of Chechnya (persons with permanent residency permits) will be allowed to enter the republic. However, no one, not even residents, will be allowed to leave Chechen territory.
According to Chechen analyst Murad Nashkhoyev, the purpose of this tactic is to get more people to the polls to vote, since many Chechens were planning to leave the country during the presidential election.
The Kremlin organizes the early presidential election in Chechnya on August 29. (H/E,T)
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