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martes, 12 de marzo de 2013

THE PROPISKA IS DEAD. LONG LIVE REGISTRATION!

Russia’s Migrant Workers and Inflatable Flats


An effort to stamp out phony residential registrations has some fearing the return of Soviet-era controls on movement. Criminalizing registration infringements will essentially mean a return to the propiska system


The inhabitants of other large cities, and particularly Moscow, are also unhappy about the constant stream of Russian and foreign incomers. People talk about them “taking over,” and complain that “Moscow isn’t inflatable.” The capital attracts people from other Russian regions because it offers work, the chance of a business career, and a high level of services and facilities, while for citizens of former Soviet republics it means one thing – the chance to earn good money. The nationality of migrant workers has changed a lot: 10 years ago the average gastarbeiter was a Ukrainian or Moldavian; today they’re more likely to come from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan. Muscovites have seen their city filling up with people with a different culture and mindset and have started to ask, “how have they ended up in our affluent Moscow?” It has become obvious that unlike the Soviet propiska system, registration can’t control labor migration. And if you break the rules you’re not sent back home or to prison – you just pay a fine of less than 100 rubles ($3.25).



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