Tensions stirring amongst fired military personnel
Military servicemen on the Kola Peninsula who say they are unlawful fired are threatening to take drastic measures if their demands are not met.
247 military servicemen from closed military towns on the Kola Peninsula have applied to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s representative in Murmansk and demanded that they are given housing in central parts of Russia, as they were promised before being discharged, Nord-News reports.
In November-December 2010 the servicemen received notifications that they and their families were to get flats in central parts of the country, and were immediately discharged from service. According to Russian law, a military serviceman in need of better living conditions cannot be discharged from service without being offered a place to live.
The servicemen believe they have been unlawful discharged since they still are waiting for new housing, and have turned to Aleksander Krupadyorov, head of Prime Minister Putin’s representation office in Murmansk, for help. Krupodyorov has noticed Putin and Defense Minister Serdyukov about the situation, and says he is convinced that the problem will be solved.
According to representatives for the military personnel, they are ready to “take drastic measures” if the unlawful discharges are not stopped, Severinform writes.
The fired servicemen served in navy, air force, air defense and aerospace defense units in different closed military towns and naval bases like Polyarny, Gadzhiyevo, Vidyayevo, Zaozyorsk (Zaozersk), Severomorsk and Pechenga.
