Belarusians Working In Russia: We Feel Like Slaves

There are about a million of such guest workers in the country.

Belarusians are working in Russia like slaves, according to the special report by Belsat.

One man returned on crutches, the other is still missing. If you hesitate whether to go Russia to work or not, watch the new program by Ales Zaleuski.

As long as there are low salaries, working Saturdays, vague prospects of retirement and general feeling of “serfdom” in Belarus, our compatriots will go abroad to work.

The husband of the heroine of the report by Halina Abakunchyk is officially missing. Sixteen years ago, the man left the village Druzhny (Pukhavichy district, Minsk region), to work as a miner in Russia. They say people do not return alive from the place. And he never did…

“He was placed on a wanted list. He remains unfound,” — Katsiaryna Mustyhina, the wife of the missing man, is saying.

The second character of the report, Aliaksei Niachay is the father of five children from the village Hatlyany (Uzda district, Minsk region). He worked at a Moscow construction site and as a result of the accident broke his legs. He returned home not with money for his wife and presents for children, but on crutches.

His employer turned out to be a good man: he arranged transportation and brought the Belarusian man home. But here’s the rub: Uzda doctors said Aliaksei had broken his legs in Moscow and was to get treatment there.

And even after this case, the worker said that as soon as his legs were healed, he would go again. After all, his family needs money to pay for utilities, children need to go to school and kindergarten.

There are about a million of such guest workers in the country. Earlier, the easiest way was to go to Russia, but after the crisis, the western direction became more popular. Currently, every fourth Belarusian gets paid in Polish zloty. In the third place of the ranking is Germany, then Italy. Turkey is on the 5th place.

How they deceive Belarusians abroad most often

Those who worked abroad, say that it is very easy to face fraud on the part of a foreign employer. In the second part of the program, see the Top-3 of non-fulfillment of obligations by foreign employers to our fellow citizens.

Former politician, now businessman Ales Lahvinets and co-owner of the construction business in Moscow Aliaksei Hryshanovich joined Ales Zaleuski in the studio for a round-table discussion. "You have to work where you are appreciated, but you have to live where you like," — Aliaksei Hryshanovich says.