A court in the Moscow region has sentenced a mother of many children from Tajikistan, Takmina Samadova. After considering the fraud case, the court found Samadova guilty of “illegally obtaining a housing certificate in Mytishchi.” The court reported that Samadova was found guilty of providing false information about her husband’s income to the administration, significantly […]
A court in the Moscow region has sentenced a mother of many children from Tajikistan, Takmina Samadova.
After considering the fraud case, the court found Samadova guilty of “illegally obtaining a housing certificate in Mytishchi.”
The court reported that Samadova was found guilty of providing false information about her husband’s income to the administration, significantly underreporting it.
She also stated that her brother and his minor children lived with them, but the court noted that they resided in Tajikistan.
The native of Tajikistan, Takmina Samadova, received a four-year prison sentence. However, she will not serve her sentence immediately, but after 18 years. The delay is due to the fact that she gave birth to another child in the summer. She will begin serving her sentence once he reaches adulthood.
The woman herself did not comment on the court’s verdict.
On January 13, the head of Mytishchi, Yulia Kupetskaya, presented a housing purchase certificate worth 24 million rubles to the family of Tajikistan natives Samadova and Ramazon Rakhimov, who are raising seven children.
The head of Mytishchi, Yulia Kupetskaya, praised Samadova for managing not only household duties but also actively participating in all school and kindergarten events, and being a volunteer in several charitable foundations.
A wave of discontent arose online. Russian nationalists demanded to investigate the family, citing publications by the father of many children, in which he threatened “the enemies of Tajikistan” and reposted materials criticizing Russian law enforcement. He was accused of disloyalty to Russia, including having written: “ready to tear apart anyone for the Tajik flag.”
Following the negative reaction from Russian nationalists, on January 20, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, known for his anti-migrant views, demanded an investigation into the case, resulting in a criminal case being opened.
Shortly thereafter, as part of the criminal case under Article 159.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“fraud with payments”), the native of Tajikistan, mother of many children Takmina Samadova, who has been a citizen of Russia for 14 years, was detained.
According to the investigation, she provided false information about her husband’s income. Additionally, the housing registry indicated that 13 people were registered in a one-room apartment. This included Samadova’s brother and his two children, who actually reside in Tajikistan.
Later, the deputy head of the Mytishchi city administration was detained on suspicion of negligence in issuing the housing certificate worth 24 million rubles.
Investigators opened a criminal case against the deputy head of the Mytishchi administration under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“negligence”). The issued certificate for the apartment was annulled, and the family was removed from the queue for improved housing conditions.
In recent months, the provision of housing to migrants from Tajikistan in Russia has caused a stir in Russian society at least three times.
Additionally, the fact that the family of Tajikistan native Akram Masaidov, who has four children and Russian citizenship, received an apartment in the city of Kachkanar in the Sverdlovsk region, as well as Mukhiddin Kholzoda and his family receiving an apartment from the city administration of Nizhnekamsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, has also provoked outrage among Russian nationalists.