Latvian parliament considers law to suspend residence permits for Russian citizensLatvia’s parliament approved, in the first reading, amendments to an immigration law that stipulate the suspension of residence permits for Russian investors, BNS agency reported on Thursday, citing the parliament’s website.17:32 30.10.2014
Russian authorities mull fixed workplace percentages for immigrantsRussian Prosecutor General’s Office proposes a bill to institute a federal percentage bar of workplaces that could be taken my immigrant laborers, RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday.13:11 08.10.2014
Latvian parliament votes against ban on residence permits for RussiansLatvia’s parliament on Thursday voted against the proposal of the far-right Everything for Latvia (VL) party to stop issuing residence permits to Russian nationals “to preclude a threat to national security,” the parliament’s press service announced.12:33 11.09.2014
New visa for Russian speaking citizenship applicantsForeigners who are also native Russian speakers will now be able to obtain a one-year visa to enter Russia and apply for Russian citizenship, RIA Novosti reports citing a statement on the cabinet of ministers’ website.16:55 05.08.2014
About 1 million foreigners banned from entering RussiaThe Federal Migration Service (FMS) has already prohibited more than 900,000 foreigners from entering Russia for various violations, the FMS head Konstantin Romodanovsky told journalists on Tuesday.14:36 05.08.2014
International passport to be required of CIS citizens entering RussiaCIS citizens, except those in the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space countries, will need an international passport to enter or exit Russia starting January 1, 2015, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.16:50 26.06.2014
Russian upper house approves bill on Russian language tests for migrantsThe Federation Council on Wednesday passed a bill on introducing obligatory tests in Russian language for labor immigrants.12:25 16.04.2014
Labor migrant children over six years old to be fingerprintedRussia’s Federal Migration Service will fingerprint migrants’ children who are older than six years, reads a bill posted Friday on the website of planned legislation.11:36 04.04.2014
Immigration police could be established in Russia by 2016 - reportThe Federal Migration Service is working on an immigration-control bill that is expected to take effect by 2016, Kommersant reports Wednesday. According to the newspaper, the new legislation will grant the agency police authority.10:54 26.03.2014
Russian government approves bill on citizenship for foreign investorsThe Russian government's legislative commission has approved a bill on granting citizenship to foreigners who invest more than 10 million rubles (over $281,601) in Russia, or who have a Russian diploma and have worked here for at least three years, according to the government's official website.10:41 25.02.2014
Russian national arrested in Thailand for extortion back homePolice in Thailand have arrested Dmitry Ishmukhametov, a Russian national from Khabarovsk, for breaching immigration law. The detainee also happened to be on an international wanted list for extortion, Kommersant reported Monday.11:03 24.02.2014
Moscow metro cops detained 5,000 illegal migrants in 2013Moscow police detained more than 5,000 illegal migrants during checks on the city’s subway system in 2013, which led to more than 500 deportations, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.17:23 12.02.2014
New bill would simplify Russian citizenship for foreign investors - reportRussia’s Federal Migration Service and Economic Development Ministry have drafted a law on granting citizenship to foreigners who invest more than 10 million rubles (over $287,000) in Russia, or who have a Russian diploma and have worked here for at least three years.10:40 12.02.2014
Russians detained in Germany for assisting illegal immigrationPolish and German police have detained five Russian nationals “for the smuggling of irregular migrants” into Germany, Europol said in a statement released on Saturday.10:16 03.02.2014
Vietnamese national charged with using slave labor in MoscowA Vietnamese national has been detained and charged on suspicion of using slave labor in Moscow has been officialy charged, the Interior Ministry’s Main Department for Moscow announced on Monday.12:39 27.01.2014
Over 60,000 immigrants deported from Russia in 2013Over 60,000 foreigners were deported from Russia last year, according to Federal Migration Service official Dmitry Demidenko.15:09 15.01.2014
Immigration law violaters to be banned from entering Russia by July 2014Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the federal government to prepare procedures for the implementation of a ban on entry into the country for those found to have violated immigration law by July 15, 2014.13:16 31.12.2013
Lawmakers propose mandatory Russian for migrant laborersLawmaker from the Liberal Democratic Party proposed that all conversations between migrant laborers during working hours should be held in Russian, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.18:12 12.12.2013
Number of foreign workers in housing and utilities to be cut by one-third – Moscow mayorThe Moscow authorities plan to reduce the number of immigrants in the city’s housing and utilities sector by one-third next year, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview for the Monday issue of Vechernyaya Moskva evening newspaper.10:46 09.12.2013
Criminal cases on illegal migration increase 60-fold in Moscow - policeThe number of criminal cases opened in connection with illegal migration in Moscow has risen approximately 60 times compared to last year's figures, the Interior Ministry's press service reported.12:23 05.12.2013