After the attack in Moscow, raids against migrants began in Russian cities. Human rights activists fear that innocent people could also become victims of the investigation – as in the past.
Last Tuesday they took Alisher (not his real name) with them; he had only left the house briefly to buy bread. The police wanted to see his documents and took him to the station in a village not far from Moscow. “Why can’t you just sit at home for ten days?” one of the police officers asked him on the way. By that he meant: all Tajiks. Maybe all migrants from Central Asia, that wasn’t clear to Alisher.