2025-8-27 15:25 |
Deputies of the New People faction in the State Duma proposed to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation to supplement the exam for migrants with a section on " norms of communication with women in Russia , " TASS reports, citing a letter available to the editorial board .
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After the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow, reportedly involving Tajik nationals, Russia has significantly tightened its immigration policies. Over 80,000 deportations and 260,000 entry bans in 2024 have left many Tajik migrants stranded or seeking alternatives — with Kazakhstan emerging as a new destination. asiaplustj.info »
2025-07-28 12:45
Foreign nationals living in Russia could soon face a range of new government fees for immigration-related services, as the Ministry of Finance proposed amendments set to take effect from September 1, 2025. asiaplustj.info »
2025-07-02 07:20
More than 638,000 children from migrant families are currently living in Russia, according to Russia’s Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov. Speaking at a parliamentary session in the State Duma (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), Zubov noted that while the overall number of migrant children is gradually decreasing, many are still not enrolled in school. asiaplustj.info »
2025-06-11 11:39
About one-third of foreign nationals in Russia fail the Russian language exam on their first try, TASS reported on June 3, citing the press service of Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science. Nearly half of those who fail initially also struggle to pass on subsequent attempts. asiaplustj.info »
2025-06-03 14:52
Labor migrants may soon be required to present certificates confirming they are free from HIV and tuberculosis when crossing the Russian border. TASS says the relevant draft law was proposed by the head of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on Labor, Social Policy, and Veterans' Affairs, Yaroslav Nilov. asiaplustj.info »
2025-05-02 07:29
Sergey Shoigu, the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, has dispelled the myth of widespread crime among migrants in Russia, stating that migrants account for about 2% of all crimes in the country. asiaplustj.info »
2025-04-25 11:02
Tajikistan’s relevant agencies have called on labor migrants to legalize their stay in Russia by the end of April and, before traveling to the country, to check in Tajikistan whether they are subject to an entry ban. asiaplustj.info »
2025-03-27 08:10
Central Asian labor migrants in Russia have been experiencing increased xenophobic harassment, hate speech, and violence since the deadly attack attributed to Central Asians on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on March 18. asiaplustj.info »
2025-03-18 10:14
In 2024, tax revenues from migrant workers employed under patent-based work permits in Russia increased by more than 16%, Irina Volk, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, says. asiaplustj.info »
2025-03-13 09:57
In Russia, the territorial scope of the patent system for labor migrants working in Moscow and St. Petersburg may be expanded. The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has prepared relevant amendments to the country’s law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation." RBC has reviewed the draft changes. asiaplustj.info »
2025-02-28 12:16
In 2024, around 28,400 people moved to Russia under the State Program for the Resettlement of Compatriots—the lowest figure in the past four years. Since 2017, fewer people participated in the program only in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Vyorstka reports , citing data from Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs. asiaplustj.info »
2025-02-10 15:17
Currently, 670,000 foreign migrants are staying illegally in Russia, Alexander Gorovoy, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, stated while speaking on the radio station Komsomolskaya Pravda . asiaplustj.info »
2025-02-03 08:30
Starting February 5, 2025, an electronic registry of foreign citizens unlawfully residing in Russia will become operational, TASS reports , citing Alexander Gorovoy, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
2025-01-17 13:25
Governor of the Voronezh Oblast of the Russian Federation, Alexander Gusev, has extended and expanded restrictions on employing migrants in several sectors, Vesti-Voronezh reported on January 5. Under the new rules, migrants are now prohibited from working as couriers, in education and healthcare, in retail, or providing care for the sick. asiaplustj.info »
2025-01-06 12:51
The upcoming year 2025 will bring numerous changes for migrants planning to live and work in Russia. Stricter monitoring of undocumented migrants will begin, making it crucial to follow all new rules. asiaplustj.info »
2025-01-02 12:47
Radio Liberty reported on January 1 that a group of Tajik nationals claim they are being forced to "work as slaves" on a remote cattle farm in Russia's Far Eastern Magadan region for an employer who has taken away their passports to prevent them from leaving. asiaplustj.info »
2025-01-02 08:38
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree requiring foreign nationals unlawfully residing in Russia to either regularize their legal status or leave the country by April 30, 2025. Exceptions apply to individuals who have entered into military service contracts. asiaplustj.info »
2024-12-31 09:02
The Russian Ministry of Construction has suggested binding labor migrants to specific employers, listed in their work permits. This change aims to reduce labor shortages in the construction industry and could take effect between April and June 2025. asiaplustj.info »
2024-12-27 12:07
The Russian government has approved rules for publishing information about foreign citizens and stateless individuals included in a registry of monitored persons. The document , signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, was published on the official legal information website. asiaplustj.info »
2024-12-10 12:28
VTB CEO Andrei Kostin believes that Russia is facing a catastrophic shortage of labor and therefore needs migrants. He made this statement during the plenary session of the IX International Forum of the Financial University, titled "New Economic Policy 2.0: From Adaptation to Breakthrough," according to ntv.ru . asiaplustj.info »
2024-11-27 06:58
Approximately 20,000 foreign nationals will be deported from Russia following the conclusion of a comprehensive operational and preventive campaign, dubbed "Illegal-2024," Ms. Irina Volk, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, reported on her Telegram channel . asiaplustj.info »
2024-11-11 08:23
The number of patents issued to migrants in Russia over the first nine months of this year has decreased from 1.7 million in 2023 to 1.6 million in 2024, Izvestia reports , citing data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. asiaplustj.info »
2024-11-05 13:45
In recent months, the anti-migrant rhetoric of the Russian authorities has reached a new level. asiaplustj.info »
2024-10-14 12:34
A report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says Tajikistan’s economy grew by 8.2% over the first six months of this year with expansion in all sectors, its high growth momentum sustained by strong remittances and higher public sector salaries, which boosted private consumption. asiaplustj.info »
2024-10-01 07:32
Russian parliamentarians propose to establish a legislative norm according to which every foreign employee will be obliged to deposit money in a special account in the amount of the cost of return air tickets to their homeland before entering Russia. asiaplustj.info »
2024-08-27 13:18
Stricter labor migrant regulations in Russia should not apply to citizens of Kyrgyzstan as a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Edil Baisalov said on a social network, according to Interfax . asiaplustj.info »
2024-08-05 08:39
Three new federal bills are exepcted to be submitted for consideration to the State Duma (Russia’s lower house of parliament) The State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin says these three new bills aim to enhance migration control in Russia. asiaplustj.info »
2024-07-22 13:39
Digital platform aggregators in Russia may be required to ensure that their users, including couriers and taxi drivers, comply with migration laws. This follows from a new version of the employment platform bill reviewed by Vedomosti . asiaplustj.info »
2024-07-12 14:05
Russia is considering new rules for the entry of families of unemployed migrants. The Telegram channel Baza says the proposed law would also require migrant children to pass a basic Russian language exam before being admitted to schools. asiaplustj.info »
2024-07-11 14:03
Over the first six months of this year, the representative office of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population (MoLMEP) in Russia has reportedly negotiated the payment of 18,023,987 Russian rubles (RR) of unpaid back wages to Tajik labor migrants working in the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
2024-07-10 14:06
The State Duma is considering several legislative amendments that will tighten control over migration. Once these amendments are adopted, migrants who violate the law will no longer be able to “live a relatively normal life while evading the state,” according to State Duma (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) members. asiaplustj.info »
2024-06-21 13:47
In terms of the movement of people, there seems to be a lot more coming than going in Uzbekistan these days, Eurasianet reported on June 4. Officials in Tashkent are reporting a surge in tourism and a steep decline in labor migration. asiaplustj.info »
2024-06-05 14:00
Some media outlets reports that in the wake of the March 22 assault, there has been a surge in raids on dormitories and workplaces where Central Asian migrants live and work, as well as heightened checks on migrant workers. asiaplustj.info »
2024-03-28 08:13
With each passing year, labor migrants from Tajikistan in Russia come up against new difficulties in securing work permits and formalizing their right to live in the country. asiaplustj.info »
2024-01-17 09:31
Russia's police have detained thousands of migrants across the country in New Year's Eve raids with scores of them facing deportation, Russian media repors said on Monday. About 3,000 migrants were detained in Russia's second-largest city of St. asiaplustj.info »
2024-01-02 09:27
Eurasianet notes that Tajik labor migrants in Russia are trapped in a vicious circle. The value of their ruble salaries is depreciating. The pressure of Russian bureaucracy is mounting. And there is little decent employment to be found in Tajikistan – so returning home is no option. asiaplustj.info »
2023-11-10 08:56
Russian media reports say Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) Alexander Bastrykin has suggested revoking Russian citizenship of migrants who refuse to participate in Russia's war against Ukraine. A video message from IC Head Alexander Bastrykin was posted on the Investigative Committee’s official website yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
2023-10-20 09:23
Up to a third of migrant workers may leave Russia due to the weakening of the ruble against the dollar and euro and, as a result, a decrease in income. This forecast was given by the head of the Uzbek diaspora in Moscow, Bahrom Ismailov, reports “Vedomosti”. asiaplustj.info »
2023-08-15 12:42
The worsening state of the Russian economy and sustained abuse from law enforcement there is pushing ever more expatriate laborers from Tajikistan to seek out alternative countries in which to find work. asiaplustj.info »
2023-06-15 09:43
Russia’s consulting company FinExpertiza notes that inflow of labor migrants into Russia increased last year by a third. The inflow of labor migrants from Uzbekistan reportedly grew the most last year – by 377,700 people, or 35. asiaplustj.info »
2023-02-22 09:29
Or have time to formalize their legal status in 10 days so as not to be afraid of the “Illegal” operation. Citizens of foreign states who do not have grounds for further stay on the territory of the Russian Federation are required to leave it before October 12, 2022 or formally regulate their legal status, Russian media report. asiaplustj.info »
2022-10-03 08:55
TASS says that according to data from FinExpertiza (a network of professional audit, valuation and consulting firms), 3.12 million labor migrants have entered the Russian Federation over the second quarter (April-June) this year, which is one third more than in the same period last year and “record quarterly value for at least the last six years. asiaplustj.info »
2022-08-08 15:50
The number of labor migrants working in Russia’s construction sector has decreased to 500,000 people, which is only a quarter of figures of late 2020, RIA Novosti reported on June 17, citing Anton Glushkov, the president of the National Builders' Association of Russia (NOSTROY). asiaplustj.info »
2022-06-23 08:23
Under new regulations that came into force on December 29, 2021, all foreigner workers are required to undergo fingerprinting and extensive medical exams within 30 days of arrival in Russia. asiaplustj.info »
2022-02-24 12:38
Tajik labor migrants working in the Russian Federation now can apply for pension in the Russian Federation. A relevant government-to-government agreement on this subject was signed between Tajikistan and Russia in September 2021, Dilmurod Davlatzoda, the head of the Agency for Insurance and Pensions, told reporters in Dushanbe on February 7. asiaplustj.info »
2022-02-07 13:51
Labor migrants and foreign citizens arriving in Russia for more than 90 days can be obliged to present HIV-free and no addiction certificates, reads a draft order prepared by the Interior Ministry of Russia, TASS reported yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
2021-11-19 09:54
Citing the president of the Migrants’ Federation of Russia Vadim Kozhenov, Fergana news agency reported on October 11 that Russia has lifted re-entry ban for 300,000 migrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
2021-10-12 14:25
About 5 million labor migrants need to be attracted to construction sites in Russia until 2024, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Husnulin, noted yesterday at a meeting with heads of regions, according to Interfax.ru . asiaplustj.info »
2021-06-25 09:48
The President of the Federation of Migrants of Russia, Vadim Kozhenov, says a new decree on temporary measures to regulate the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia during the period of overcoming the consequences of the spread of COVID-19 contains a number of norms that will allow fixing the rights of migrants. asiaplustj.info »
2021-06-16 09:37
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