Global Trade Alert

On 12 December 2015 the Russian Government approved Decree No. 1359. It decreased as of 1 January 2016 the quotas issued to foreign workers originating from visa requiring countries by 25 percent compared to those of 2015.
Furthermore, it decreased the admissible percentage of foreign workers employed by business entities in the field of passenger transport by 10 percentage points (from 50% to 40% of the total number of employees) and in the sphere of automobile freight transport by 15 percentage points (from 50% to 35%).