| The Rostov Duma considered even the presidential envoy a potential threat to the city's security The Duma of Rostov-on-Don was the first in Russia to develop and adopt a city security concept. The deputies clearly classified the dangers that threaten the peaceful life of citizens; they are divided into six main groups.
For example, the main criminal threats include the possible penetration of criminal authorities into municipal authorities, as well as non-compliance by pedestrians and drivers with traffic rules. And among the features of the city that increase the significance of the threats are the location in the Don capital of the residence of the presidential envoy in the Southern Federal District, the headquarters of the North Caucasus Military District and the 4th Air Force, as well as a number of other district structures.
The parliamentary commission for security, law and order, relations with law enforcement agencies and military personnel was responsible for developing the concept. Unfortunately, it was not possible to contact its chairman, local FSB officer Sergei Vorontsov, yesterday, as he is on vacation. However, the correspondent of the newspaper "Vremya Novostey" in the Rostov City Duma was assured that similar documents in our country at the municipal level have not yet been developed. According to the newspaper's source in the City Duma, work on the document lasted about two years, and the chairman of the commission specifically studied foreign experience on this topic - for which he traveled, for example, to the Czech Republic.
Now, based on the concept, the authorities of Rostov-on-Don, starting next year, will begin to regularly allocate budget funds for targeted programs that will reduce the likelihood of an emergency. As one would expect, the developers of the document ranked terrorism in first place among the potential threats to Rostov’s security. Having made a reservation, however, that in fact “the threats are of a complex, interconnected nature.” Indeed, in Rostov, for example, there is a known case when two others grew out of a terrorist threat: environmental and sanitary-epidemiological (numbers five and six on the list of Rostov deputies). In particular, Vladimir Yakovlev, who took up the post of presidential envoy in the Southern Federal District in March, once scolded the mayor of Rostov, Mikhail Chernyshev, for the insufficient cleanliness of the streets of the Don capital. The mayor accepted the criticism, but told how in the fall of 1999, when a series of terrorist attacks swept across the country and, in particular, a high-rise building in neighboring Volgodonsk was blown up, the special services persistently recommended that the municipal authorities remove trash cans from the streets of the city. They say that terrorists can plant explosives there first. As a result, the “pre-anti-terrorist” number of Rostov ballot boxes has not yet been restored.
However, the concept adopted by the deputies names not only potential threats, but also some measures to prevent them. For example, in order to ensure public safety and law and order, it is proposed to “improve conditions for healthy recreation for citizens, create an entertainment industry as an alternative to aimless pastime, drunkenness and drug addiction.”
Again, for security purposes, it is planned to organize a civilized dialogue with the opposition, implying “moving the center of political discussions from squares and streets to special political centers, the media, etc.” In general, the front of the struggle for the safety of Rostov and its residents promises to be as broad as possible and will cover everyone, from the homeless, for whom they promise to open more free canteens and shelters, to young people, who they plan to more thoroughly teach in legal literacy, as well as the basics of civil defense. Igor BURAKOV, Rostov-on-Don |
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