Sochi authorities propose to forcibly send “gypsies and homeless people” to public works
On October 20, 2009, the mayor of Sochi, Anatoly Pakhomov, during a traditional glider meeting, proposed " "taking gypsies and homeless people to construction sites and forcing them to work there . "Let them work at the construction site around the clock, and the desire to come to Sochi will disappear ," he said. Pakhomov added that this measure was by no means due to the lack of workers in the city, but " "is more of an educational nature .