RUSSIA’S MIGRATION POLICY: BARRIERE AND PROHIBITIONS FOR LABOR MIGRANT WORKERS
Journal: ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Year: 2025

This article examines the complex set of legal, administrative, digital, and economic barriers that shape a discriminatory environment for labor migrants in the Russian Federation. Particular attention is given to the role of the state not as a guarantor of rights, but as a source of systemic restrictions designed to produce a vulnerable and dependent workforce. The analysis focuses on formal prohibitions on certain types of employment; limited access to healthcare, education, housing rights, an