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MEPs lobby to lift Russian travel bans
By EUobserver
A dozen MEPs, mostly from the conservative EPP group, are lobbying to lift EU imposed travel restrictions on Russian intelligence. The MEPs, in a letter published in the UK daily The Independent, want restrictions lifted from Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service and Mikhail Fradkov, director of Foreign Intelligence Services. They argue the restrictions impose security risks in the fight against terrorism.