Paul
Goble
Staunton, August 2 – Moscow is
channeling Russian refugees from Ukraine to places like Daghestan where many of
them are unhappy with conditions and are now demanding that they be allowed to
move to areas “closer to their motherland,” an indication that the Russian
government’s resettlement policies may be on the verge of backfiring.
Yesterday, Saida Vagabova of the “Chernovik”
weekly reported that there are currently 408 refugees from Ukraine being housed
in that North Caucasus republic and that Makhachkala is slated to take in
another 180 Ukrainian citizens during August (chernovik.net/content/respublika/chto-delat-s-bezhencami-iz-ukrainy).
Neither side is entirely happy. As
Vagabova reports, “not all krays and oblsts are prepared to receive new guests,”
and not all the refugees who are being sent to one or another region inside Russia
are happy about where they are being offered refuge -- with some complaining
about the climate, others about the facilities, and still others about their
treatment.
In one refugee facility in
Daghestan, the journalist reports, 50 of the roughly 70 Ukrainian citizens want
to leave that North Caucasus republic and move to somewhere closer to where
they came from. They are especially
angry that they are restricted in their movements and prevented from seeking
work.
But local officials also complain that
Moscow sends more Ukrainian citizens than it has said it will and expects local
officials to come up with a great deal of the money necessary to house them.
Until July 22, Vagabova says, Moscow provided only 200 rubles (six US dollars) per
refugee per day. Then it boosted that figure to 800 (23 US dollars), more but
still less than the 1000 to 1200 rubles (30-36 US dollars) republic officials
say each costs every day.
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