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THE
NOMINATION
PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL'S "STUPID SECURITY" COMPETITION
Ladies and gentlemen!
Let us introduce you the heavyweight challenger from Russia to win
“Stupid security” competition. Its name is Moscow propiska, a special permission
to be in Moscow for foreigners and even citizens of Russia.
Propiska is a kind of modern slavery, has a long history, and big
money and politics are involved. Now Moscow authorities call it registration but
it is pretty the same thing. Propiska was invented in 1932 by Stalin and getting
even worst nowadays. Propiska seriously violates freedom of movement and other
basic human rights. Russian authorities playing democrats signed all papers to
meet the requirements of the international law and promise to abolish propiska
many years ago but have not done this yet.
Moscow mayor Mr. Luzhkov explains existence of Moscow propiska as a
main security measure against terrorism and crime in Moscow and says that
propiska exists in all progressive Western countries. Is he telling the truth?
Chief of FSB (former KGB) named propiska checking as a primary
measure to prevent crime and new terrorists’ acts in Moscow.
If you have visited Moscow last years you could see militia
checking Moscow registration almost at every corner, street, and metro station.
Usually foreigners feel very secure looking at this. We have to disappoint you,
it is a wrong feeling. Moscow greedy and corrupted militiamen in their majority
are real criminals. You will understand it when they stop you and demand a
bribe. We have evidences that militia robes foreigners even in the center of
Moscow on the Red square and around the Kremlin.
Usual price is $1-3 for Russians and $10 and more for others. If
you are carrying a gun or a bomb or have non-Slavic face - prepare little
more money. The real registration might not help you. If militia needs money
urgently, for example, to buy some vodka, they can tear up your papers and just
take away all your money.
Government pays militia ridiculously small salaries, around $100 a
month. High ranked Moscow authorities and militia generals are often asked: “Why
don’t you stop corruption and bribery in militia?” Usually they answer: “Be real
and generous! Is it possible to survive in Moscow with $100 a month?”
Here is one anecdote:
Militia recruit is asking:
”- How much are you going to pay me?
-Don’t ask us such stupid questions anymore. You will get a uniform and a gun.
Please, help yourself.”
Real income of an average militiaman is more than $1000 a month and
trying to rich this amount of money keeps him busy entire day. Even when he is
waking from or to a job or on vacation militiaman stops people and checks their
Moscow registration hoping to catch a, so called, nelegal (illegal resident of
Moscow).
Some statistics: There are 26,812 policemen in London, 36,673 - in
Tokyo, 40,000 - in New York, In Moscow - more than 150,000.
In 2002 Moscow militia officially registered 163,418 crimes, other
words - one crime per one militiaman in a year. At the same time Moscow
authorities say that militia is filled only on 70% and demand more human
resources.
It is extremely hard to get an official registration in Moscow. You
need to fill out a lot of applications, collect many signatures and permissions.
According different sources you are responsible to get a registration in 3 or 10
days after arriving in Moscow. This is even theoretically impossible because registration
department (pasportnyi stol) works only 2-3 hours a week and you have to wait
hours and hours in a huge line. In addition, any official may refuse you without
any explanation. It is much easier to buy a fake or even real registration or
pay few dollars every time when militia stops you. There are hundreds
underground offices in Moscow where you can buy necessary papers. Yes, you are
right; registration departments’ workers also get small salaries. The value of
the market of fake registrations in Moscow is estimated in 30-60 million
dollars.
How about real terrorists and criminals? Don’t worry about them,
they already bought a real Moscow propiska and do not afraid any encounters with
militia. It is not a secret that Nord-Ost terrorists had valid Moscow propiska.
We have not heard yet about any real terrorist or criminal who was arrested
after Moscow propiska checking. This is an absolutely useless and stupid
security measure. The first thing Bin Laden is going to do if he could ever
visit Moscow is to pay $100 to corrupted officials and get propiska.
Because of Moscow propiska millions of innocent people are
suffering. There are about 3 million nelegals by official reports in Moscow. The
majority of them are citizens of Russia.
Every day more than one million people are arriving in Moscow from suburbs and
other towns. All of them are subject for violations of human dignity and
humiliations by militia. Last few years 30-40 min. before departure of a train
or plane militia has been closing entrances and checking everybody’s propiska.
Citizens prefer to pay them some money other than to be late to boarding.
People without Moscow propiska are treated as low-grade and
can be insulted and robbed without any consequences. Specially if you have
non-Russian face or skin color your life is going to turn into hell. There is no
any Russian left who personally or his or her close relatives or friends have
not been robbed by Moscow militia.
In 1999 Luzkov deported hundreds of innocent men without propiska
from Moscow and scares to do this again and again..
Recently Moscow authorities ordered militia to visit every
apartment in Moscow to check Moscow propiska of tenants. If you do not open them
they may just knock out the door. Luzkov asked Muscovites to inform local
militia every time when they see an unknown person in the apartment building.
It is very difficult to get a job in Moscow without propiska and
you will receive only about a half of a regular for Muscovite salary.
Without propiska you can not get full public medical aid, your
children can not attend Moscow public schools and kindergartens.
If you have enough money you can buy an apartment in Moscow but
without propiska you don't have the right to live in it.
All of the above-mentioned refers to Russia own citizens. For
foreigners the situation got much worst particularly after signing the new
citizenship law in 2002.
Because of the situation in the capital of Russia the number of
foreign tourists visiting Moscow for last 12 years has been dropped from 5-6
million a year to 200-300 thousand a year and only desperate Russian women
without Moscow propiska hoping to merry a foreigner keep up some tourists'
traffic.
Thousands of talented high educated engineers and scientists had to
leave country because, of Russia specific, almost all facilities where they can
work are located in Moscow. Athletes, artists, dancers are not an exception.
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Moscow scores lowest and is ranked 184 with a score of 48.5 for
personal safety in Europe by Mercer in 2003.
You will not believe us but Moscow is the only town in the whole
world where prohibited marriage to a person from other than Moscow town. Before
this marriage you have to obtain the Moscow propiska, but you can get a propiska
in your bride’s apartment only if you already registered your marriage. This is
a typical Russian desperate situation. Authorities explain us this “security
measure” as a barrier against criminals and terrorists non-Muscovites. Isn’t it
stupid?
On our web site www.nelegal.ru we collected thousands articles and
evidences of stupid security facts in connection with Moscow propiska
(registration).
No doubts, our Moscow authorities and particularly mayor
Luzhkov with his anti-terror initiative are the dumbest authorities in the whole
world! Terrorizing millions of innocent people trying to catch few real
terrorists is a real stupid security measure.
Our group is representing the Internet-based organization "Moscow
Illegals" To learn more about us we recommend you to visit our websites:
www.nelegal.ru on Russian and
www.nelegal.net on English. The main goal of our
organization is fighting for human rights and freedom of movement against Moscow
registration "propiska" regime - the variety of modern slavery.
Our E-mails: info@nelegal.ru ;
moscownelegal@yahoo.com ;
info@nelegal.net
Links:
http://nelegal.ru Our main web site (Russian)
http://www.translate.ru/srvurl.asp?lang=en How to translate site on
English
http://www.nelegal.net (English)
http://www.nelegal.net/gallery.htm
Our gallery
http://www.nelegal.net/news.htm
How Moscow Illegals won Siemens and Motorola
http://www.nelegal.net/press.htm
World about us
http://www.nelegal.net/articles.htm Few articles (English)
http://www.nelegal.net/letter.htm
About us( English)
http://www.zarplata.ru/workman/258/uslugi.asp Hundreds of addresses where
to buy Moscow propiska (Russian)
http://nelegal.ru/buy.html How to
buy Moscow propiska (Russian)
http://lenta.ru/russia/2002/01/17/registration/ Luzhkov: " Propiska
checking is the main security measure in Moscow" (Russian)
http://lenta.ru/russia/2003/01/14/luzhkov/ Luzhkov orders Moscow
janitors to keep an eye on people without Moscow propiska
(Russian)
http://www.gazeta.ru/2003/01/14/luzkovbjet4u.shtml Luzhkov initiates
total Moscow propiska checking and searching apartments by militia as a
anti-terrorists measure
(Russian)
http://www.gazeta.ru/2002/10/24/boevikipropi.shtml Terrorists don't
afraid propiska
(Russian)
http://lenta.ru/terror/2002/10/31/kamikaze/ There are 100 Chechen
kamikazes with valid propiska in Moscow waiting for the order
(Russian)
http://www.russ.ru/ist_sovr/tour/20011114_mk.html Moscow militia robs
citizens (Russian)
http://www.mk.ru/numbers/128/article4187.htm Militiamen are main
Moscow criminals
(Russian)
http://www.gazeta.ru/2002/10/25/moskovskaaob.shtml Moscow
prepares a mass deportation (Russian)
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1084835
Moscow is the most dangerous city in Europe
http://lenta.ru/russia/2002/11/27/luzhkov/ Luzhkov claims that the majority
of democratic countries have propiska even tougher than in Moscow
(Russian)
Organization of
Moscow Illegals (illegal residents) / Human Rights in Moscow
Mail to :
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Russia
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Moscow, Russia - Los Angeles,
California, 2000-2003
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