Sochi authorities propose to forcibly send “gypsies and homeless people” to public works

On October 20, 2009, the mayor of Sochi, Anatoly Pakhomov, during a traditional glider meeting, proposed " "taking gypsies and homeless people to construction sites and forcing them to work there .

"Let them work at the construction site around the clock, and the desire to come to Sochi will disappear ," he said. Pakhomov added that this measure was by no means due to the lack of workers in the city, but " "is more of an educational nature . In addition, the Mayor of Sochi said that this is a significant budget savings.

This is not Pakhomov's first antigypsy statement.

On October 15, 2009, the prefect of the Central Administrative District of Moscow, Alexei Alexandrov, also put forward a proposal to send the homeless to public works by force. "We need a strong will of the state and society for these people to work ," he explained.

The prefect added that the Moscow City Duma is working on appropriate changes in legislation.

See the commentary of the director of the SOVA center A. Verkhovsky to these statements on the Grani.ru website.

Sources

• Olympic venues will be built by homeless people // News.RuFox.ru. 2009. October 21.
• The prefect of the Central Administrative District of Moscow believes that it is necessary to keep homeless people busy // TsAOinform. 2009. October 15. *