Does Governor Khloponin not like Tajiks?

On March 30, 2005, "Moskovsky Komsomolets in Krasnoyarsk" published an interview with the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Khloponin, which, in particular, touched upon migration problems in the region.

In general, the interview is extremely correct, but once again we would like to pay attention to how the statistics are distorted when discussing the "ethnic" composition of crime (Sometimes such distortions even force police representatives to come up with special explanations ) .

Here is what the governor said in an interview: “Of course, we are happy to have guests. And nationalism disgusts us. But the statistics are inexorable: in the past year, for example, according to the head of the migration department of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the region, Lyudmila Grigorieva, every fifth crime in the region was committed by Tajiks [highlighted by us - * ed. ] (mainly, this is the storage and sale of narcotic drugs). Although only eight and a half thousand people lived in the region "*.

However, firstly, the governor refers to data ten months ago, and secondly, Lyudmila Grigorieva did not say this and not like that . In June 2004, she said that these statistics are true for crimes committed in the region by foreign citizens , and not for all crimes, as A. Khloponin presents. Thus, just one word missed by the governor "increased" the criminal "ethnic" statistics at times.

Sources

• Radetsky Sergei. plus a million // Moskovsky Komsomolets in Krasnoyarsk (cited by IA REGNUM). 2005. March 30.
• Among the crimes committed by foreigners in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, every fifth was committed by citizens of Tajikistan // Press Line (Krasnoyarsk). 2004. June 18.