Ban on Foreign Workers in Taxis Enforced in Yakutia Starting 2025
Yakutia, a republic in eastern Siberia, has announced a ban on hiring foreign citizens for 34 types of economic activities, effective from 2025. The decree, signed by the republic's head, Aisen Nikolaev, affects various sectors, including agriculture, forestry, construction, trade, transport and storage, hotels and catering, real estate operations, professional, scientific, and technical activities, education, healthcare and social services, and domestic services.
According to reports by the "Yakutia 24" news portal, the ban also includes passenger and cargo transportation by taxi, as well as other land passenger transport not included in other categories. However, the decree does not apply to freight transport, unless specified in other categories.
The list of specific economic activities affected by the ban is included in an appendix to the decree. The news portal cited TASS as its source for both reports, indicating that the ban on foreign citizens working in various economic activities was also reported by the agency.
The reasons for the ban on foreign citizens working in the listed economic activities have not been specified in the decree. Similarly, the decree does not provide details about a 2025 ban on hiring foreign citizens for taxi and cargo transportation in Yakutia, as previously reported.
Entities operating in Yakutia must adjust their foreign workforce numbers to comply with the ban by January 1, 2025. It is worth noting that Yakutia, after introducing a ban on migrants working in certain sectors, has moved to lift it due to a severe manpower deficit, planning to readmit workers from Central Asia to alleviate these shortages.
Additionally, the ban on foreign citizens working on patents in Yakutia was also reported by the "Yakutia 24" news portal. However, further details about this specific ban are not available at this time.
- The ban in Yakutia, as reported by "Yakutia 24" and TASS, extends to passenger and cargo transportation by taxi, as well as other land passenger transport not included in other categories, in the realm of policy-and-legislation and general-news.
- Beyond the sectors mentioned in the decree, the ban on foreign citizens working on patents in Yakutia also falls under the purview of policy-and-legislation and general-news, with further details yet to be disclosed.
