Heads of Russia’s Chelyabinsk and Krasnodar regions have announced that this year, migrants are to be banned from working in over a dozen sectors.
In the Chelyabinsk region migrant workers have already been banned from driving cabs and buses. Restrictions will now extend to an additional 19 sectors, including the sale and repair of cars and motorcycles, providing financial services and in particular insurance and pensions, engaging in recruitment, organizing gambling and lotteries, and repairing computers and household appliances. Migrants will also be prohibited from working in trade, hospitality, catering, and agriculture. They will be unable to work as lawyers, translators, accountants, veterinarians, and fitness trainers, nor conduct creative activities or organize entertainment events.
From September 22, citizens of other countries will be prohibited from working as household assistants and employment in agriculture, manufacturing, culture, and the hospitality sector in the Krasnodar region. Earlier bans in the region applied to trade, catering, education, health care, sports, medical services, courier services, and passenger transportation, including cabs.
Employers violating the rules will either be fined up to 1 million roubles for each illegally employed migrant or have their business suspended for up to 90 days.
In the Tomsk region, immigrants were previously banned from working in six areas: cabs, hotels, catering, security, education, and sports.
In July, it was proposed at the federal level to introduce a ban on migrants working in cab and delivery services across Russia.
