Saying they "they steal or avoid work whenever possible" is that demonstrably a (racist) lie?

When so many people have the "belief" that Gypsy/Roma steal because that's just what they do, it's nice to see in reality this is simply not true. Counterpoint provided by EVN, the Austrian electrical company who provides services to Stolipinovo:

"As a result of the project, the average monthly payment rate for (Stolipinovo) electricity customers rose from 3% to 85%. At the same time, network losses from the low voltage power grid were reduced from 40% to 5%."

Source: https://www.evn.at/EVN-Group/Verantwortung/CSR-Strategie/Sta...

BTW, the best examples of Roma include Presidents of large populous countries.