Global Slavry Index: More than a million inhabitants of Russia are in slavery

1 048 500 residents of Russia, or 0.732 percent of the total population of the country, are in slavery. These are the data of the Global Slavry Index 2016 rating , compiled by the Australian human rights organization Walk Free Foundation.

In the ranking, Russia takes 16th place out of 167. The lower the assessment, the worse the situation in the country. Many places are occupied by several states at once; So, the 12 most prosperous countries share 52nd place.

Russia is named among countries systematically forcing its population to work. In addition to Russia, forced labor is systematically practiced in Belarus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China, Vietnam, DPRK, Eritrem and Swaziland.

Along with coercion to work in Russia , such types of slavery as sexual exploitation (including children), the coercion of children to military service (in the annexed Crimea and in the occupied territories of Eastern Ukraine and South Ossetia), coercion to begging and coercion for marriage (mainly in Chechnya and Dagestan) are noted.

The percentage of the population in slavery is above all in the DPRK (1st place), Uzbekistan (2nd), Cambodia (3rd), India (4th) and Qatar (5th). The following is this indicator in Luxembourg, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. It is they who occupy 52nd place in the ranking.