Russian employers who want to recruit foreigners are subject to quotas except for certain categories. They have to send their request before May 1 of the ongoing year for the next. The Ministry of Labor is now looking into the possibility of adjusting quotas nearly throughout the year and defining deadlines to look at the requests. Such flexibility might lead to regulations being avoided. Meanwhile, a Russian MP suggested forcing businesses that employ illegal immigrants to pay for their expulsion fees.
The bill[1] about to be analyzed by the Duma is supposed to introduce administrative responsibility – in addition to civil liability, which is subject to a fine ranging between RUB 400 and RUB 500,000 (€8,890-€11,110) for a legal person who has failed to register the employee. Alexandre Starovoïtov, who wrote the bill, said, “The average cost for expelling migrants […] is between RUB 30,000 and 40,000” (€660-890). In his 2011 report on the Russia population, Anatoly Vishnevsky, a demographer,
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