{"id":921,"date":"2011-03-16T19:03:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T18:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=921"},"modified":"2011-03-16T19:05:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T18:05:06","slug":"registration-in-russia-two-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/921\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration in Russia: Two Views"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Russian commentator<\/a>, rigourously defending the archaic system which requires all Russian citizens to be registered at\u00a0a permanent or temporary place of residence:<\/p>\n

But when someone tells that it impede the free movement of labour across the country, you can be sure that he\u2019s lying through his teeth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Referring to me, as it happens.<\/p>\n

Here’s a report<\/a> dated February 2010 from Russia Today<\/em>, the\u00a0\u00a0state-funded media organisation which sets out to present the Russian government’s point of view on events in Russia and the world:<\/p>\n

There are plans to exempt Russians from any type of registration, including \u201cpropiska\u201d (permanent registration or residential registration). This revolutionary bill is being prepared by the Federal Migration Service (FMS). The Service explains this initiative with the desire to encourage labor migration and is, at the same time, relying on international experience: without being restricted to their place of residence, people move more freely from \u201cunemployed\u201d regions to places where specialists are in demand.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

FMS spokesman, Konstantin Poltoranin, explained this step by saying that Russians will become more mobile in their search for work. Residential registration hinders the ability to move from one region, which lacks jobs (such as a single-industry-towns with one bankrupt enterprise) to another, which needs workers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So\u00a0are the Federal Migration Service lying through\u00a0their teeth, or\u00a0are they just stating the bleedin’ obvious?\u00a0 Not that this is the first time I’ve encountered a Russian who has mistaken one for the other…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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