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Prosecutor claims foreigners responsible for 41% crimes in Moscow

The number of grave and especially grave crimes has increased by nearly 60%

MOSCOW, August 2 (Itar-Tass) - The share of crimes committed in Moscow by foreigners is 41%, the city’s Prosecutor Sergei Kudeneyev said on Friday in his report on the authority’s work over first six months of the year.

“Every other crime is committed by non-residents of Moscow, where the share of foreign citizens is 41%,” he said.

The number of grave and especially grave crimes has increased by nearly 60%, a 20% growth is registered in murders, and 37% is the growth of intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm.

He added that the number of detected violations in the area of migration had increased by 40%.