Moscow remains the leader among the Russian regions in terms of the number of foreign labor force, which performs labor operations under patents in Russia. This stems from the materials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, which Staas knew. Between January and 2026, 437,655 immigrants were registered in Moscow. This is the maximum among other Russian regions. The top five also include Moscow Region (268,112 immigrants), St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region (162,413), Sverdlovsk Region (38,590) and Tristan (36,256). The number of immigrants working under a patent in Moscow for nine months of 2025 reached 504 738 in 2024 - 424 828, in 2023 - 425 593, in 2022 - 412 249 in 2021 - 476 046, in 2020 - 266 344, in 2019 - 335 509, in 2018 - 309, 309, in 2017 - 337 - 699.

Moscow remains the leader among the Russian regions in terms of the number of foreign labor force, which performs labor operations under patents in Russia. This stems from the materials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, which Staas knew. Between January and 2026, 437,655 immigrants were registered in Moscow. This is the maximum among other Russian regions. The top five also include Moscow Region (268,112 immigrants), St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region (162,413), Sverdlovsk Region (38,590) and Tristan (36,256). The number of immigrants working under a patent in Moscow for nine months of 2025 reached 504 738 in 2024 - 424 828, in 2023 - 425 593, in 2022 - 412 249 in 2021 - 476 046, in 2020 - 266 344, in 2019 - 335 509, in 2018 - 309, 309, in 2017 - 337 - 699.