People were caught on the streets, offered work as loaders, and then sent to a farm, where they were kept in exploitation.
An illegal farm where people were kept for forced labor was discovered in the village of Rivne near Tula. Men and women were lured under various pretexts, and then “the gypsies forced them to pick apples.”
Russian media write about this.
People were caught on the streets and offered work as loaders. After that, they were taken to a farm, where they were required to sign papers agreeing to work. Living conditions were unsanitary, without hot water, and violence was used for wanting to rest and disobedience. Those who tried to escape were brought back. In the evening, they were given alcohol as a reward.
One of the men, named Alexander, managed to hide a phone in a sock and tell his relatives that he was “in trouble.” After that, volunteers and law enforcement officers conducted a night raid on the farm. About 50 people came out of the barracks and were met by a “gypsy woman” who assured them that no laws were being broken on the farm.
“We have nothing to hide, but you and the management agreed on this action? You're making noise for some reason, looking for some kind of slaves. Everything is according to the law with us: we have contracts, we don't keep anyone by force,” she said.
Of the ten people who decided to leave the farm with the volunteers, one turned out to be a participant in the war in Ukraine. He left for the front from the colony, and upon returning home, “spent all his earnings” and ended up on the street.
The Investigative Committee has begun an investigation into the facts voiced by the volunteers and the media. At the same time, law enforcement officials unofficially say that it will be difficult to bring charges against the farm owners, since the people gave written consent to work.
“We go to Rivne as if it were work – we often receive statements that people are being held there. But in reality – there is no evidence. If we had found something, we would have brought them to justice long ago. You can see for yourself: the barracks are open, no one is in shackles. What kind of illegal deprivation of liberty is this, what kind of use of slave labor? You can't prove anything,” says one of the police officers.
We remind you that the occupiers are trying to mobilize local residents in Dzhankoy and Yevpatoriya into the Russian army, using anti-terrorist exercises as a cover for catching men of conscription age age.
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