The Department of Housing Policy has finally provided us with data on the number of "servicemen discharged into the reserve" waiting in line for housing. 521 families. 85% were registered between 1996 and 1998. In 2005, only two families were added to the list. I had thought there were far more retired service members in the queue. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense received money to purchase **eight thousand apartments **in Moscow. We need to find out how many active-duty military personnel are on the Moscow waiting list. But it is already clear that the apartment scheme will be of simply ENORMOUS proportions. It is no surprise that to get any figure at all, you have to send a hundred requests. They are being secretive.