In Russia, points of sale of passports for migrants will be closed. Liberal Democratic Party leader Leonid Slutsky once again insists on an urgent solution to the problem of illegal migrant labor.
In just the first three months of 2023, 1.3 million people came to Russia for work. At the same time, the head of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, points out that joint operations with the FSB help identify and close illegal printing houses producing counterfeit migration documents. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to apply the most stringent measures against those involved in illegal migration and related crimes, up to deportation.
Earlier, LDPR founder Vladimir Zhirinovsky had consistently called for tightening migration policy throughout his career, “so that we achieve unconditional respect for our laws, customs, and regional cultures by migrants – this is a multi-faceted, complex task.”
LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky actively advocates for the same strict control over migrants. In particular, Slutsky, who holds a Ph.D. in Economics, recently proposed tightening the rules for obtaining residence permits and citizenship for foreigners.
The bill has already been introduced in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The politician believes that the path to a Russian passport should be extended: to obtain a residence permit, it is proposed to live in Russia for two years, and then, with this document, another eight years, only then applying for citizenship.
In addition, the head of the LDPR proposed that the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor) join the issue of migrant centers – and conduct checks on issuing certificates of proficiency in the Russian language to foreign citizens. According to Leonid Slutsky, it is necessary to immediately stop the work of centers issuing certificates without exams.
“We need to check every labor migrant. And not fictitiously, as is done in many ‘offices’ where you just need to bring money and all documents will be issued instantly, without checking language proficiency or the adequacy of the entrant,” said Leonid Slutsky, noting that requests to close such points of sale of documents come from citizens from many regions.
“We are hospitable people, we respect guests, we treat them with understanding. But if you are a guest – behave accordingly. Don’t know Russian? Go home. Committed a crime? Go home. Working illegally? Go home. Do you condemn our traditions, culture, faith? Go home,” says Slutsky.
Perhaps this sounds too harsh. But the absence of fear in speaking the truth, the ability to expose social abscesses, and reliability are the main criteria that guided Vladimir Zhirinovsky and are now inherent in his successor, Leonid Slutsky.
The LDPR leader proposed that citizens report to the party’s offices, which are located in all regions of the country, including on social networks, which addresses are used to conduct exams for migrants with violations: “We will work, involve the prosecutor’s office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to stop the work of such ‘homeland traders.'”
As an experienced internationalist, the politician understands that indulgence in migration issues is already undermining the stability of Europe and the United States, systematically undermining the state system. This was predicted by the founder of the LDPR. The process that has begun may become irreversible. The issue of migration policy requires urgent and stringent legislative measures.