Russia’s State Duma is considering a return to the Soviet observe of so-called “work troops,” by which metropolis dwellers had been compelled to work in rural areas, The Moscow Instances reported on Feb. 2.
On this method, Moscow is attempting to compensate for labor shortages brought on by widespread drunkenness amongst farmers, whereas reminding varied “intellectuals” that it will probably do no matter it needs with them.
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The proposed invoice on “agritourism” is being drafted beneath the dictatorial regime of Vladimir Putin to encourage Russians to expertise the normal rural lifestyle and “remedy” with out providing any “materials acquire.”
In keeping with the invoice, “one of these tourism means visiting rural areas and small cities with a inhabitants of as much as 30,000 individuals for the aim of recreation, involvement within the conventional lifestyle and customs of the peoples of the Russian Federation. It additionally contains journeys to ‘get acquainted with the actions’ of farmers or ‘take part in agricultural work'”.
An increasing number of Russians have not too long ago been “coming to the countryside to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the town, to get acquainted with the method of meals manufacturing and to take part within the conventional lifestyle, akin to milking cows,” which has already led to a 5% improve in milk consumption, Deputy Agriculture Minister Maxim Uvaidov mentioned.
Though the Russian authorities are presently hiding behind the “growth of home tourism,” it’s potential that sooner or later compelled agricultural labor will grow to be one other methodology of punishing “dissenters,” identical to Soviet-style punitive medication, to which Russian safety forces have already returned.
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