MOSCOW, November 14 (RAPSI) – Communist Party lawmaker Valery Rashkin submitted a bill to the State Duma banning children of top Russian officials to study abroad, according to the database of the parliament’s lower house.

The imposed restrictions would apply to persons who hold state posts of Russia, public posts of Russia’s territorial entities, federal civil service positions of the territorial entities and municipal services, the bill author explained.

The prohibition would not reach children of officials performing their duties abroad for well over a year.

The bill envisages that restrictions would extend to foreign organizations operating outside Russia. However, education in foreign branches of Russian educational institutions is allowed.

The draft law is aimed to stop the practice of sending children to get education abroad by officials, top managers of government companies and state corporations, an explanatory note to the bill reads.