Russian special services did not grant permission for a group of citizens from Tajikistan to enter the territory of the Russian Federation.
At Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, more than 30 citizens of Tajikistan have been in the border control area since June 14, having arrived from Dushanbe. As reported by Radio Ozodi, some of them said on June 16 that security officials referred to them as a “headache” for Russia. Among those “stranded” are women and children. “We arrived three days ago on flights from Somon Air and Ural Airlines. During border control, representatives of the FSB approached us and said that since we are from Tajikistan, we are harming Russia and should return home,” one of the migrants recounted. According to the migrants, they were questioned about the incident at “Krokus” and their phones were checked.
Our calls to the Tajik Embassy in Russia went unanswered, but one of the migrants told Radio Ozodi that in response to his phone call, the embassy said: “You knew there were problems, why did you come?” In a video sent by the migrants to Radio Ozodi from Vnukovo Airport, women and children can be seen lying on the floor. According to the migrants, the conditions in which they are being held are very poor, and they are only fed once a day.