Word: nevyezdnoi
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...Swiss jail on charges of heading a Mafia family before being released in December 1998 for lack of evidence, raged at a press conference in Moscow late last month: "America is now denied me, Europe is denied me, even Africa turned me away! They have made me nevyezdnoi...
...Explanatory Dictionary of the Soviet Language defines nevyezdnoi as "a citizen not allowed abroad by Soviet authorities." Nearly the entire population of the old Soviet Union was nevyezdnoi: only the élite were allowed to travel to foreign countries. These restrictions were lifted in the Gorbachev era, but now a new nevyezdnoi class is emerging. This time, it's the élite who are restricted, and not just by the state...
...Russian thieves have been siphoning billions abroad in order to enjoy civilized life far from their plundered country. But what can they do with their foreign villas and bank accounts if they lose access? Might their nevyezdnoi status compel them to reinvest their ill-gotten gains in their own national economy? A major oligarch is said to be looking into the development of ski resorts in the Caucasus Mountains. Might the lure of potential profits force Russian tycoons to pacify Chechnya more effectively-and less barbarously-than the government has been trying to? Will they, indeed, find ways to make...
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