MOSCOW. Nov 1 (Interfax) - Russian Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin has explained the growing rate of crimes committed by foreign citizens in Russia with poor social and living conditions and insufficient preventive measures.
"Crime studies indicate that the escalating aggression of migrants results from poor social and living conditions provided by their employers and insufficient crime prevention among labor migrants arriving in Russia, who must be warned about liability and consequences of particular types of offenses," Bastrykin said in an interview with Interfax.
"The crime rate has been growing among labor migrants, who flagrantly breach public peace and get involved in mass brawls," he said.
"This creates social tension and deteriorates the crime situation in Russia. Over six months of 2020, law enforcement agencies investigated more than 17,000 crimes committed by foreigners, and the number neared 19,000 in the first half of 2021," Bastrykin said.
Speaking of the structure of crimes committed by foreigners, he noted "an emerging trend of an increasing number of socially dangerous crimes; for instance, extremist crimes grew by 33%, terrorist crimes by 26%, murders by 8%, and rapes by 5%."