Chechnya has become the safest region of Russia. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, only 16 crimes per 10 thousand inhabitants were recorded in the republic, while at the national level it was 121 crimes per 10 thousand inhabitants.
Next in the ranking are Ingushetia (37 crimes per 10 thousand inhabitants) and Dagestan (42 crimes per 10 thousand inhabitants). The regions with the highest crime rates are Karelia, the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Altai Republic.
Lawyer and public figure Dmitry Agranovsky, in conversation with Free Press, pointed out that traditional societies, including religious ones, have lower crime rates. But market capitalism always comes with higher levels of “freedom, licentiousness and crime rates”.
“In a capitalist society, crime and business are in many ways means of communication. And in order to protect certain bourgeois freedoms, they turn a blind eye to a certain level of crime. We often give the example of an ordinary Dagestani who comes to Moscow and begins to behave provocatively. First of all, I will not cover people with black paint. Second, a young man comes to the capital, feels a higher degree of freedom and falls under the influence of some temptations Perhaps, those who left to go there felt and behaved in the same way after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The lawyer noted that the statement that ethnic criminals make up the majority of crimes in Russia is untrue. Especially if you take statistics on serious and especially serious crimes. According to him, the vast majority of people migrate to the Russian Federation precisely to work.
“But the freer capitalism is, the higher the crime rate. This correlation is quite obvious. That's why there are such statistics for Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan – they have a strong traditional society. And look at Germany or America. I'm not even talking about the underdeveloped capitalist countries of Nigeria or Colombia. They don't go out without carrying guns,” Agranovsky concluded.
Previously, former Deputy Minister of Energy and Housing and Social Services of the Sverdlovsk region Sergei Gaida was placed on the federal wanted list.