They didn't hear. The director of a former sewing factory for the deaf is looking for a new production facility—the old one was sold.
Six months ago, NeMoskva reported history of the deafх and hearing-impaired residents of Ryazan, who feared losing their jobs due to the alleged sale of their workshop building by the All-Russian Society of the Deaf (VOG). Six months later, the organizer and director of the enterprise Dmitry Shalimov He explained to NeMoskva whether the public outcry helped preserve jobs for people with disabilities.
The building at 17E Stroiteley Street, which Shalimov had rented for a clothing factory for 19 years, has finally been sold to another entrepreneur. Members of the Ryazan Society of the Deaf who worked at the factory are now out of work.
The new owner of the building is Monolith LLC, which produces pencils.
"People are waiting for me to find a place. They won't go to any pencil production [for pencils], won't go to the employment center; they want to work with me. They said they'll wait until I find a new workshop and get the equipment up and running. Monolith didn't invite any of our people; those were empty promises, and the work there is 15 hours a day, which is unbearable for disabled people; even the young guys there fall over. A representative from the Prosecutor General's Office came to see us, and I explained to him that this [selling the building for 43 million rubles instead of the market price of 70-75 million rubles] is a crime. The same crime happened right in front of everyone, for which I was sentenced to seven years." plantwhether former president of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf Valeria RukhledevaI described the entire plan to the representative of the Prosecutor General's Office, but I still haven't seen any response. I was promised an expert assessment of the building, but I never got it. Shalimov said.
In early August, he paid the rent and handed over the keys. Shalimov said it was difficult for him to talk about this, because his life's work had been destroyed in one fell swoop, and people with disabilities had lost their jobs. Shalimov promised to begin searching for a new building to house the sewing workshop.
Photo: screenshots from the Oka State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company's report
