Deputy Prime Minister Marat Husnullin spoke about the potential to attract the works on Russian construction projects about 180 thousand prisoners. At the same time, he stressed that such a decision should receive prisoners themselves, RIA Novosti reports.
According to the official, the possibility of choice will not be for all articles of the Criminal Code, that is, at construction sites are not taken. The Deputy Prime Minister estimated the number of people who wish 20-30 percent, that is, about 45-55 thousand people.
As projects, where the prisoners could go, Khusnullin called the Baikal Amur and Trans-Siberian highway, oriental landfill. In these areas, 11 thousand people can potentially use. In addition, options are possible with the construction of roads, but in which regions, the official did not say.
For the first time about the resumption of the practice of attraction to the construction work, prisoners spoke at the end of April. The head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Kalashnikov noted that they could replace labor migrants that are not enough for remote construction.
In May, the idea was supported by Russian Railways. The company agreed within a pilot project to issue 600 people.
The proposal was supported in the Ministry of Justice and the Investigation Committee, and the State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin noticed that for the complete replacement of migrants in the country too few prisoners. In turn, the head of VTB Andrei Kostin noticed that he from such conversations “goosebumps go”.