The Ministry of Labor proposed to ban foreigners from working in taxis in eight regions starting in 2027.
According to Vedomosti, the department has prepared a draft of a government decree establishing a zero share of foreign workers in the taxi industry and car rental with a driver in Mordovia, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Chubashia, as well as in the Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Ulyanovsk and Yehudi autonomous regions. The Russian Trilateral Commission approved the document at the end of October.
Restrictions will not apply to citizens of the EAEU countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), foreigners with a temporary residence permit or residence permit, as well as qualified specialists.