The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that about 630,000 illegal immigrants live in the country. In order for them to leave the country voluntarily, a special register of controlled persons will be introduced in 2025. It is noted that in 2023, the number of labor migrants legally in the Russian Federation did not exceed 3.5 million people. Most of them are citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

The vice-president of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Elena Dibova, said in an interview to NTV that there are no people working in military factories in the country, and proposed to ban services, including courier and taxi, and send those working in these fields to military factories.

Deputies of the LDPR are developing a draft law that would ban migrant workers from moving their families to Russia. According to the representative of the State Duma, this will further worsen the situation related to the lack of labor force.

Against the backdrop of the massive departure of labor migrants from Russia, employers are forced to increase the monthly salaries of migrants. This, in turn, causes an increase in the cost of goods and services and a decrease in their quality - a study by "Moscow Komsomolets".

Recently, Russian companies have significantly increased their activity in searching for workers from non-CIS countries. To the surprise of almost everyone, labor resources were drawn even from Africa! Moreover, this process started several years ago and is only developing rapidly.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country will face a shortage of employees and skills in the coming years. He banned the filling of the looming shortage of workers in the labor market at the expense of low-skilled immigrants. "We need other approaches," said the Russian president.

According to the results of a public survey, after the tragedy in Crocus City Hall, 55-60 percent of Russians have a "clearly negative" opinion of migrant workers. Eight months ago, this figure was 40 percent.

Citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan had a public fight at a construction site in Moscow due to improper distribution of construction materials. As a result, 10 Uzbek and 13 Tajik migrant workers were arrested. No one was injured in the incident.

It was decided to ban the employment of foreign citizens in a number of sectors in Crimea. These include transport, manufacturing, IT, sports and recreation. Earlier in Novosibirsk, Samara and Yakutia, a number of industries were "closed" for migrant workers.

24-hour "call-centers" for citizens abroad in embassies, partial reimbursement of expenses for work visa, travel ticket, foreign language and professional qualification assessment, financial assistance for citizens returning from foreign migration and other proposals - proposals to the President of Uzbekistan aimed at supporting labor migrants presentation was made.