Moscow has become the leader in the number of migrant workers with patents Moscow maintains the first place among Russian regions in terms of the number of foreign workers working on the basis of patents. According to the data of the Ministry of the Interior, from January to September 2026, 437,655 such immigrants were registered in the capital. The list of regions with the largest number of foreign workers also included Moscow Region (268,112), St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region (162,413), Sverdlovsk Region (38,590) and Tatarstan (36,256). In total, in Russia during the nine months of 2026, there were 1,504,421 foreign workers working under a patent. This is 404,065 fewer people than in the corresponding period in 2025. Even in Moscow itself, the number of employees with patents decreased: in the nine months of last year there were 504,738, while in 2026 there were about 438 thousand. At the same time, the figure remains higher than the values of several previous years: in the corresponding period in 2024 there were 424,828 immigrant workers with patents in the capital and in 2023 – 425,593. Thus, Moscow still remains the largest center of attraction of foreign labor, although the total number of immigrants working under patents in Russia has decreased significantly.