Alexey Zlatkin: "Controversial Universiade"

“Yes, as is usual with us, the preparation process was not without purely Russian, or I would even say, Tatar specifics. This has already happened even at the international level: in preparation for the Universiade, what was called “forced” labor was used. Which , however, was that employees of district administrations were involved in cleaning and other work that did not require qualifications at sports facilities. They were also forced to depict the mass rejoicing of the people at the meeting of the Universiade flame.

That is, low- and middle-level officials themselves were involved, from whom any complaints were unlikely to be received, and who most likely received appropriate “motivation.” I do not know that any other public sector employees were involved, for example, doctors or teachers."