Travel advisory to the following areas:
republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan; republics of Karachai-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria (including the Mount Elbrus region) and North Ossetia Budyonnosky, Levokumsky, Neftekumsky, Stepnovsky and Kurski districts, in the region of Stavropol Krai.
If you are currently in one of these areas, you should leave. The ability of the Embassy of Canada in Moscow to provide assistance is severely limited or non-existent.
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