Four migrant settlements to be built in southeast Moscow Four settlements for migrants will be built in the capital’s Southeastern Administrative District, SEAD prefect Vladimir Zotov said on Wednesday. “Temporary administrative and residential camps are planned for foreign and non-local workers employed in Moscow’s housing and public utilities sector, and four sites have been prepared in three district neighborhoods—Lefortovo, Maryino, and Vykhino,” Zotov said. “It is necessary to create decent conditions for migrants. In particular, the city authorities are considering the construction of residential settlements for migrants on the basis of a public-private partnership,” Zotov said. He уточнил, that the settlements are planned for Aviamotornaya Street, Nizhniye Polya Street, Ferganskaya Street, and Maryinsky Park Street. http://gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2008/07/23/n_1246822.shtml As a resident of Maryino, I kind of object. And kind of strongly. We’re practically going to have a ghetto here soon as it is. Update on the topic: A mass brawl broke out at a construction site in northern Moscow. According to the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, migrant workers from Dagestan (a republic in Russia’s North Caucasus) and Uzbekistan had some kind of dispute at work. The conflict ended with two of the fighters being hospitalized and a criminal case being opened. http://gazeta.ru/social/2008/07/23/2790678.shtml