Clergy discuss whether it is worth appointing local police officers from among migrants

November 18, 2011 Regions.ru published comments clergy to the initiative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow Region on the appointment precincts on a national basis. The priests answered the questions: “How Do you relate to the initiative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow Region? Doesn't it contradict recent course towards the adaptation of migrants to the customs, culture and mastery in Russian? How should the problem of rising ethnic crime and formation of ethnic ghettos around Moscow?”

Deputy Head of the Sector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Synodal Department for interaction with the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies Archpriest Alexander Dobrodeev believes that the initiative of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is “in the spirit of the times”: “Now there is a general trend of blurring our culture.” In this situation, the priority the task of the priest is to determine the status of Russians: “We have organizations to protect the rights of Azerbaijanis, Tajiks, Armenians, and the institutions that defended the Russian population - no. Controlled chaos reigns in Russia, in which it is possible everything: and the appointment to the post of a district police officer from labor migrants can also be the head administration to appoint a native of Central Asia. We don't have a law regulates appointments to public office on a national basis.

Rector of the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Fili Archpriest Boris Mikhailov reacted to the initiative “with great sympathy”: “A district police officer from diaspora as a link - this is a very good find. Exactly like this precinct and in the best way will help his fellow tribesmen to adapt. This a very good particular solution within the framework of the global problem associated with adaptation of migrants, which will require a lot of time. And this is just one of the real steps to solve it.”

The teacher of the Moscow Theological School does not agree with him. Seminary Hegumen Meletius (Sokolov). “A criminal, like a crime, has no nationality. There is a law that is the same for everyone,” the priest is convinced. "On territory of our country, the state language still remains for the time being exactly Russian language. And, at least in the center of Russia, migrants are simply obliged know the Russian language and adapt to our culture, know and comply with the laws our country and our customs. This should be an indispensable condition for finding them on our territory,” he said.

Cleric of the Church of St. Nicholas in Otradnoye Priest Valery Bulannikov believes that the initiative of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs "is not so bad", in anyway, in other countries "it works and brings good results". However he doubts whether there will be enough suitable "national" personnel. Except In addition, the proposed idea “wittingly or unwittingly offers a serious corrupt occasion. At this stage, it is quite natural that “their own” will cover for “their own”.

Hieromonk Tikhon (Zimin), an MDAS teacher, is also sure that the appointment of "ethnic" precincts will contribute to the growth of corruption. "For the rule of law does not require knowledge of any national customs and traditions, because everyone should be equal before the law, no matter what nationality people did not belong. And just one of the most important functions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is precisely the observance of the equality of all before the law. In this regard, I consider this initiative is meaningless, useless and even harmful,” said the priest.

General Representative of the Muslim Coordinating Center North Caucasus, Mufti Shafig Pshikhachev also sees no benefit from the proposal of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs: “In general, to accept for service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs those migrants who are quite are legally on the territory of our country - this is one question, there is nothing there is no dispute. And if this is done precisely on the basis of ethnic characteristics, then this will mean that our police are unable to control the level security. As a rule, district police officers already know where they live in their area. illegal migrants. Another thing is the question of their responsibility in their work.”

Mufti of Moscow and the Central Region of Russia Albir-Khazrat Krganov, on the contrary, he considers the initiative interesting and deserving of discussion. He is sure, that the Ministry of Internal Affairs thus “wants to build a normal dialogue between law enforcement agencies and diasporas”. “The country needs not laws like such - we ourselves must be law-abiding people. Labor migrants need explain that some things that are generally accepted in their homeland, in Russia are not allowed. It is necessary to conduct explanatory work - this should be done government agencies, representatives of diasporas, religious organizations,” A. Krganov believes. Sources

• Will the migrants make police officers? - opinions of the clergy // Regions.ru. 2011. November 18.