| The Moscow City Duma responded to the explosion in the metro by increasing fines for illegal migrants The terrorist attack in the capital's metro forced all branches and authorities to think about additional security measures. The legislative power of Moscow did not stand aside either. Exactly following the political line of the president and the latest personal order of Yuri Luzhkov, the Moscow City Duma, without further ado, first thought about tightening immigration legislation.
At yesterday's meeting of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Law and Security, deputy Yuri Popov again demanded to initiate amendments to the Civil and Criminal Codes of the Russian Federation. “Today it is more profitable for an employer to pay 2 thousand rubles. a fine for using illegal immigrants, rather than paying a state duty of 3 thousand rubles,” said the deputy. The bill proposed by Mr. Popov, which the Moscow City Duma is due to consider on Wednesday, involves doubling the fine from the employer - up to 4 thousand rubles, in addition, the authorities are going to collect it more than once, upon the fact of an offense, but for each employee - illegal The deputy also insists on amendments to the Criminal Code. “So far, criminal liability is provided only for those who illegally cross the border. Those who transport illegal immigrants are not subject to the law. Our bill provides for severe liability for the activities of such intermediaries; they will face up to eight years in prison,” Mr. Popov said in an interview with a correspondent of the Vremya Novostei newspaper.
However, the chairman of the capital's legislative assembly, Vladimir Platonov, urges deputies not to rush. “The Moscow City Duma should not urgently pass any laws in connection with a terrorist attack - we are not a fire brigade,” the speaker said in an interview with a Vremya Novostei newspaper correspondent. According to him, it is first necessary to hold hearings, invite specialists and find out what What else can the authorities do to combat terrorism more effectively? “At these hearings, proposals may appear that we will then implement,” Mr. Platonov said.
However, other legislators in the capital seem to believe that parliamentary hearings are unnecessary. According to deputy Popov, the Moscow City Duma closely interacts with the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and perfectly represents the needs of the special services. “We constantly demand maximum efficiency from law enforcement agencies. We constantly ask what you lack for work,” Yuri Popov fumed. - They needed money, we gave them 7 billion rubles this year, 1 billion more than last year. There weren’t enough local police officers, we doubled their salaries and provided them with apartments, the problem no longer exists. Relations with the public have not been established; we have adopted the law “On public law enforcement points.” Their last request was to bring order to migration legislation.” However, even retired general Yuri Popov does not intend to blindly follow the “wants” of the security forces. “They are asking for much more, but we, in a democratic state, also cannot return to 1937 and all walk along the same line,” said the deputy. Alexander GUDKOV |
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