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Moscow councils
The Association of Compatriots is developing recommendations for provincial women coming to the capital
The capital's authorities intend to draw up guidelines for settling in Moscow not only migrant workers, but also young provincial girls who flood the city during the time of entrance exams to universities. The Association of Compatriots volunteered to provide advice to this social group seeking a better life in the capital - now this organization is developing a kind of code for a charming compatriot. As the press service of the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow reported yesterday, this document will contain recommendations for young provincial women who want to conquer the capital.The authors of the project are now, apparently, in search of the originality of their document - they emphasize that the idea of bringing uniformity to the kitchen councils of dorm friends is of an educational nature and the Association of Fellowships would really not “want to create a set of rules”, the violation of which would result in consequences for the girl who came to the capital inevitable personal tragedy. The developers of the code, apparently, are not very happy with the public reaction to the Muscovite Code being developed by the mayor's office - a reminder for migrant workers about what not to do in the capital in order to get along with the residents of the metropolis. They want to see the Code as a kind of textbook for young people coming to Moscow to enter universities or build a career. “He will help girls conquer the city and its inhabitants with good manners, moral behavior and charm,” says the press service of the prefecture of the South-Eastern Administrative District.
It was not possible to find out yesterday what relation the officials of the prefecture of the South-Eastern Administrative District have to the preparation of the code - the press service did not answer calls. But it is already known that the code of the charming countrywoman will indicate the main mistakes made by visitors to Moscow. In addition, it will tell in detail how best to enroll in a particular higher educational institution “and what to do if you were unsuccessful in enrolling.” However, one of the possible and most popular ways to gain a foothold in the capital after the last hope of settling in a university dormitory has been lost is well known to both the authors of the code and its potential readers. In addition to educational advice, the document will contain recommendations on “how to identify a decent young Muscovite,” and will even indicate places “where you can meet him.”
Deputies of the Moscow City Duma are not conceptually against the initiative of the Association of Compatriots, but they make it clear that such councils will not be formalized by law. “This is a good and very useful idea, but the project itself is connected with ethics and morality. It is impossible to prescribe in law who is bad and who is good,” Tatyana Portnova, chairman of the Moscow City Duma Commission on State Building and Local Self-Government, noted in an interview with a Vremya Novostey correspondent. In turn, the chairman of the Moscow City Duma commission on social policy and labor relations, Mikhail Antontsev, calls on the authors of the charming countrywoman’s code not to spoil “a good idea with illiterate implementation.” “It is important to clearly formulate the conceptual apparatus - who is a decent and who is a dishonest Muscovite, if we are talking about finding a young man,” Mr. Antontsev noted in a conversation with a Vremya Novostei correspondent. The deputy is not sure that today there are serious problems with admission to and search for universities. According to him, the majority of young residents of the province decide on their future place of study at home, and then go to Moscow. “The Unified State Exam helped solve this problem,” says Mr. Antontsev. At the same time, the deputy doubts that it is generally worth talking about a Muscovite as a person who catches the eye and has distinctive features: “There is probably no clear image of a Muscovite. In Moscow, unlike St. Petersburg, for example, society is much more international, because it is not without reason that they say: Moscow is a big village,” the deputy said, adding that visiting girls need to be protected “from those who pretend to be Muscovites.”