Hello, Alexei! Two years ago, a foreign national stole my suitcase near Kazansky Railway Station in Moscow. When he was detained (by ordinary citizens themselves—not the police, of course) and taken to the local police station, it turned out that he had been released from a Russian prison just two months earlier, where he had served time for a similar crime. At the time, I was very surprised that, after serving his sentence, this foreign national went strolling around the capital of my homeland instead of being FORCIBLY sent back home, to his own country. Instead of hugging his mother a few days after his release (she loves him very much and even sent a positive character reference to the court) in his ancient hometown beyond the Caucasus Mountains, our former compatriot simply walked out through the prison gates and headed to the capital of my homeland to drink vodka—and when the booze ran out, to steal bags from unlucky travelers. Exactly the same situation has arisen with this Azerbaijani citizen accused of murdering a young man in Biryulyovo (a district in Moscow). This citizen HAD ALREADY committed crimes in Russia; our state ALREADY had every reason to believe that nothing good was to be expected from him. But instead of calling his uncle and saying, "Uncle Ali, your nephew Orkhan's sentence is ending. Buy him a ticket to Baku, and then we'll release him," our state says: "Dear Orkhan! You've served your time, which means you've reformed! Come on out—you are now a law-abiding citizen. And if not, no big deal. Half the country is cops anyway: we'll catch you all over again, investigate, provide you with a lawyer, try you, transport you, feed you, and keep you locked up at the state's expense." Why not introduce such a simple and effective measure as the forced deportation of foreigners who have committed crimes—even at the state's expense? The answer is obvious: because they can come right back without any obstacle if they don't need a visa to do so. It's like bailing water out of a boat with a mug when there's a hole in the bottom. First you have to patch the hole, then the boat will stop sinking, and only then can you decide: should you leave a little water for the passengers? Maybe some water is needed for ballast? And if not, then you can bail it out with a mug over time—some will get drunk, some will evaporate. But all these questions are meaningless while the boat is rapidly filling with water and going under. It's obvious—YOU HAVE TO PATCH THE HOLE. I can only add that when I travel to Europe and get a parking ticket there, I make sure to pay it even after I return home. Not because I respect European laws that much, but because if I don't, they won't give me a visa next time. And they would be right. Andrei. We have already collected more than 40% of the required 100,000 signatures needed for the initiative to introduce a visa regime with the countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus to be considered through the formal procedure.
Follow this link and vote if you, like Andrei, the author of the letter, are a normal person living in the real world who does not need the obvious explained to them: to prevent an excessive migration flow, Russia must apply the civilized European measures used with its neighbors—namely, introduce a visa regime. Entry into Russia should be granted on a PERMIT basis, not as it is now: anyone who wants can enter, in any numbers, and then we are left scratching our heads about what to do with it. Vote: https://www.roi.ru/poll/petition/naselenie_i_migratciya/o-vvedenii-vizovogo-razreshitelnogo-poryadka-vezda-grazhdan-stran-tcentralnoj-azii-i-zakavkazya-na-territoriyu-rossijskoj-federatcii/ Share: http://visa.navalny.ru/