Russian embassy regrets problems faced by workers

The Russian embassy in Belgrade on Thursday expressed its regret over a series of problems faced by Serbian workers in Russia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 23.01.2014.

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BELGRADE The Russian embassy in Belgrade on Thursday expressed its regret over a series of problems faced by Serbian workers in Russia. The workers in question were hired illegally to work on construction sites in the town of Sochi, where the Winter Olympic Games will be held next month. Russian embassy regrets problems faced by workers "The embassy is expressing regret that dozens of Serbian citizens have become the victim of Serbian companies-brokers, dishonest people who unlawfully presented themselves as middlemen and sent workers to Sochi, in this way breaking both Serbian and Russian laws," a statement issued on Thursday said. The embassy added that it made a positive contribution towards regulating this problem in close cooperation with the Russian authorities, and stressed that the company Olypmstroy was state-owned and not engaged in hiring workers. Its business is construction of Olympic infrastructure and its obligations toward manufacturers are regularly met, the statement said. It noted that in the past three to four years dozens of Serbian companies and more than 5,000 qualified experts and workers from Serbia have been engaged in building Olympics-related infrastructure, while the total number of Serbians who work in Russia is over 60,000. "These people possess official documents, receive decent wages, and pay taxes," the embassy said, and added that it was important that a huge majority of Serbs in Russia complied with work and migration regulations. The statement said that the reputation of Serbian companies and experts is on a high level in Russia, but that the authorities there expect Serbian companies to take into account the country's laws, while Serbian authorities should regulate issues related to companies that act as middlemen and fully protect the rights of their victims. Recently, several Serbian workers in Sochi addressed the media to say that they had problems with work permits and wages. It then transpired that most were working in Russia illegally, while earlier this week, a group was arrested and deported because they did not have proper documents. The Serbian government sent a charter plane to fly them back to the country. The owner of a Serbian agency that sent workers to Russia was arrested late on Wednesday on charges of people trafficking. Tanjug

Russian embassy regrets problems faced by workers

"The embassy is expressing regret that dozens of Serbian citizens have become the victim of Serbian companies-brokers, dishonest people who unlawfully presented themselves as middlemen and sent workers to Sochi, in this way breaking both Serbian and Russian laws," a statement issued on Thursday said.

The embassy added that it made a positive contribution towards regulating this problem in close cooperation with the Russian authorities, and stressed that the company Olypmstroy was state-owned and not engaged in hiring workers. Its business is construction of Olympic infrastructure and its obligations toward manufacturers are regularly met, the statement said.

It noted that in the past three to four years dozens of Serbian companies and more than 5,000 qualified experts and workers from Serbia have been engaged in building Olympics-related infrastructure, while the total number of Serbians who work in Russia is over 60,000. "These people possess official documents, receive decent wages, and pay taxes," the embassy said, and added that it was important that a huge majority of Serbs in Russia complied with work and migration regulations.

The statement said that the reputation of Serbian companies and experts is on a high level in Russia, but that the authorities there expect Serbian companies to take into account the country's laws, while Serbian authorities should regulate issues related to companies that act as middlemen and fully protect the rights of their victims.

Recently, several Serbian workers in Sochi addressed the media to say that they had problems with work permits and wages. It then transpired that most were working in Russia illegally, while earlier this week, a group was arrested and deported because they did not have proper documents.

The Serbian government sent a charter plane to fly them back to the country. The owner of a Serbian agency that sent workers to Russia was arrested late on Wednesday on charges of people trafficking.

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