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THE MOSCOW TIMES[4 - Фрагмент взят из газеты «The Moscow Times» 2014 год]

Russia’s prison service said Friday that it is creating a trading house to sell wares made by inmates.

The Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement that setting up the marketplace to place orders and sell goods will create a link between government agencies and product manufacturers.

Officials did not disclose in what way revenue from the sale of the products is to be used.

Sberbank, the country’s largest bank, will provide credit to finance the venture, the penitentiary service said.

Oleg Korshunov, who heads the prison service’s economic and financial department, says penitentiary inmates produce over 100,000 kinds of goods, ranging from uniforms and shoes to kitchenware and furniture.

Jail labor is used by governments around the world to profit from the manpower of incarcerated criminals, although the practice has ignited controversy in light of allegations that prisoners are forced to work unreasonably long hours for pitiful wages.

Inmates being forced to work 17-hour days sewing police uniforms for about 30 rubles ($1) a month.

The International Center for Prison Studies estimated that there were about 681,000 prisoners in Russian jails in 2013.

allegation                    заявление

although                     хотя

controversy                спор, полемика

create                          создавать

disclose                      разглашать

estimate                      оценивать

furniture                     мебель

goods                         товары

government                правительство

ignite                          разжигать, провоцировать

incarcerated                заключенный

inmate                        заключенный

jail                              тюрьма

jail labor                     труд заключенных

kind                            тип

kitchen ware               товары для кухни

link (n)                        связь

manpower                  рабочая сила, живая сила

manufacturer              производитель

order (n)                     заказ

penitentiary service    тюремная служба

pitiful                         ничтожный

profit                          получать прибыль, извлекать пользу

range (v)                     колебаться в пределах

revenue                       доход, выручка

sell (sold, sold)           продавать

set up                          учреждать, основывать

sew (v)                       шить

statement                    заявление

use                              использовать

venture                       предприятие, фирма

wage                           заработная плата

wares (n)                    товары

Over 130 Moscow cops fired for drunk driving

THE MOSCOW TIMES[5 - Фрагмент взят из газеты «The Moscow Times» 2014 год]

Over 130 police officers in Moscow were nabbed while driving drunk last year, officials say.

In 2013, 131 employees of the Interior Ministry were found to be intoxicated while driving, Moscow’s Interior Ministry chief Anatoly Yakunin was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying on Wednesday.

All of them have been fired and their immediate supervisors have been disciplined, Yakunin said.

The measures were part of a stringent new policy against violations within the police, introduced by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev after he was appointed to his post in spring 2012, the report said.

appoint                   назначать

cop                         полицейский