Almost eleven million foreigners are currently in the Russian Federation, about 2, 5 million of them came to work, said Last news on the first day of the weekend in the FMS of Russia.

"according to the information of the information system of the FMS of Russia, the country is 10 million 959 thousand foreign Residents from which To work - 2 million 426 thousand," said the Ministry.

in early 2015, according to the migration service, the number entering the Russian Federation of migrants has decreased by 70% comparing with the same period last year. Then the head of the Federal migration service Konstantin Romodanovsky linked this trend as the economic situation in the country, and with the tightening of migration law of the Russian Federation: current year abolished quotas on foreign workers, and instead have a single patent for the employment of legal and physical persons.

To obtain a patent to a foreigner is necessary to assure knowledge of the Russian language, foundations of Russian law and the history of the country. In addition, in 2015 For entry into the Russian Federation foreigners need a passport (Except for the countries of the Eurasian Union - Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan).

according to the information at the end of last year, the Russian Federation, excluding Crimea and Ukrainian immigrants with different objectives was Almost 9, 9 million foreigners, of which about 2, 7 million legally worked in the Russian Federation.

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