TAJIKS COMMITTED MORE CRIMES IN RUSSIA THAN OTHER CIS CITIZENS IN 2005

Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire
April 19, 2006 Wednesday

Tajik citizens committed 7,717 crimes in Russia in 2005, which is
9.7% more than in 2004 and more than the number of crimes committed
by citizens of any other CIS country last year, according to the
Interior Ministry’s Main Information and Analysis Center, a police
source told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday.

Ukrainians committed the second largest number of crimes in Russia
among CIS citizens in 2005, the source said. “They committed 6,680
crimes, down 1,500 from 2004 when the citizens of that country led
the pack,” he said.

The number of registered crimes committed by Uzbek citizens in 2005 was
6,679; Azeri citizens, 4,893; Moldovans, 3,334; and Armenians, 2,564.

The number of crimes committed by Kyrgyz citizens increased by more
than 50 percent as compared to 2004, namely from 1,699 to 2,539. The
number of crimes committed by Georgian citizens remained nearly the
same as compared to 2004 and amounted to 2,047. As many as 1,789
crimes were committed by citizens of Belarus and 1,537 by citizens
of Kazakhstan.

Citizens of Turkmenistan turned out the most law-abiding ones, as
they only committed 185 crimes in Russia, the source said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress