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Protection of the homeland
Return to the world 
Let released Vladimir Sadovnichy with his son. Shot: Channel One
Let released Vladimir Sadovnichy with his son. Shot: Channel One- The pilots convicted in Tajikistan were nevertheless released. However, only after the unprecedented pressure of Russia to Tajikistan. It seems that in other cases, when they offend Russian citizens, such success should not be expected. There is not enough mechanisms, no political will, no international authority.
- The Khatlon Regional Court of Tajikistan canceled the conviction against the pilots of the Rolkan company - Russian citizen Vladimir Sadovnichny and Estonian citizen Alexei Rudenko. By the decision of the Judicial Board, pilots are released in the courtroom.
- The pilots were accused of smuggling and illegal invading the airspace of Tajikistan more than six months ago, when their plane landed in this country. According to the pilots, they would hardly have enough fuel to fly to Kabul airport, from where they flew out. It was better to sit down, but the Tajik authorities did not convince this.
- The story of the court of pilots in Tajikistan is indicative of several self -evident circumstances. The first is that Russia is still able to stir up for its own citizens abroad. And not even without some success.
- “The situation in many respects retains its opacity. And, in my view, the Russian side should, in cooperation with all interested parties - with Tajik, Afghan and others, make clarity in the relevant procedures. In particular, in the rules for the design of goods, the rules of flights, the operation of aircraft and so on, in order to exclude a situation when Russian citizens working in the relevant programs and projects have not been subjected to this kind of risks, ”said Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs. He also added that it is necessary to carry out “preventive work” to avoid such situations in the future.
- The last remark leads to a discussion of protection methods. Today they also recalled the threats of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko to ban the import of Tajik labor into Russia due to the fact that Tajiks are sick of HIV and tuberculosis. “It’s nice that with the liberation of our pilots, the health status of Tajiks in Russia has noticeably improved. Already almost healthy, ”the television journalist Vladimir Solovyov commented on the liberation of pilots. Indeed, the doubts that Tajiks will quickly and painlessly “recover” almost no.
- However, Russia has the opportunity to press Tajikistan, but on other countries of the world it is a big question. Two years - from 2003 to 2005 - Russian sailors were sitting in a Nigerian prison on suspicion of illegal removal of raw oil. And Russia, despite the efforts of the Foreign Ministry, could do little.
- If even in the former “colonies”, greatly dependent on Russia, the authorities can afford to arrest Russian citizens without proper grounds, without risking to get an instant and tough answer, then what is the authority. The Russian Gilan is still naughty, even after the Sadovnichny, it seems to be a utopia - Russian politicians could not stand up for the only person.
- The quality of Russian diplomacy causes many complaints - the embassy seems to have paid attention to the problems of pilots in Tajikistan only after a hype in the media. If the functionaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs really “remembered” their citizens only after covering the scandal by journalists, then the guarantees that they will protect someone consistently a little. Here we are no longer about the development of protection mechanisms, which Kosachev speaks of, but about the large -scale reform of the department. If the disease is even treated.
- Love and care for their own citizens, it seems, is not among the vital priorities of the Russian state. That is, in words, state-owned men are quite advocated for that. For citizens to live well and safely. And even increase all sorts of payments, especially on the eve of the election. The rest of the reasons to reproach the authorities of spit on their own citizens is much more.
- The exchange of “gas for citizens” with Turkmenia in 2002, when, with the connivance of the Russian authorities, the Turkmenbashi regime canceled dual citizenship, the most striking but far from the only example when business interests were placed above the interests of their own citizens. The country of "effective managers" to the human factor is not used to paying attention.