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Around 4 million students are currently enrolled in Russian vocational colleges, including more than 32,000 international students from 82 countries, according to Kravtsov.
Anti-migrant sentiment is widespread in Russia, particularly against laborers from Central Asia, who fill crucial roles in sectors like construction and agriculture.
The call to develop foreign-trained labor pipelines comes as Russia’s domestic workforce continues to shrink, a trend accelerated by demographic decline and the exodus of skilled professionals following the invasion of Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions.
Earlier this year, the Samolyot construction firm launched a pilot program to employ Indian nationals on Moscow building sites. Company executives praised Indian workers as reliable and more affordable than Central Asian workers, noting that their employment contracts prevent them from switching jobs.
Still, the program “hasn’t been a super successful case,” Samolyot COO Alexei Akindinov admitted, noting that many workers from India do not speak Russian.
X5 Group, one of Russia’s largest food retailers and the operator of the Pyaterochka and Perekrestok grocery chains, has started hiring Indian workers for its distribution centers.
The company’s president, Yekaterina Lobacheva, acknowledged that the project is still in a trial phase due to “basic language and cultural differences.”
More than 4,000 Indian citizens applied for jobs in St. Petersburg last year alone. Indian workers have also been spotted at factories in the Kaliningrad region and in technical roles for the e-commerce giant Ozon, which employs them in warehousing and software development.
Around 4 million students are currently enrolled in Russian vocational colleges, including more than 32,000 international students from 82 countries, according to Kravtsov.
Anti-migrant sentiment is widespread in Russia, particularly against laborers from Central Asia, who fill crucial roles in sectors like construction and agriculture.
The call to develop foreign-trained labor pipelines comes as Russia’s domestic workforce continues to shrink, a trend accelerated by demographic decline and the exodus of skilled professionals following the invasion of Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions.
Earlier this year, the Samolyot construction firm launched a pilot program to employ Indian nationals on Moscow building sites. Company executives praised Indian workers as reliable and more affordable than Central Asian workers, noting that their employment contracts prevent them from switching jobs.
Still, the program “hasn’t been a super successful case,” Samolyot COO Alexei Akindinov admitted, noting that many workers from India do not speak Russian.
X5 Group, one of Russia’s largest food retailers and the operator of the Pyaterochka and Perekrestok grocery chains, has started hiring Indian workers for its distribution centers.
The company’s president, Yekaterina Lobacheva, acknowledged that the project is still in a trial phase due to “basic language and cultural differences.”
More than 4,000 Indian citizens applied for jobs in St. Petersburg last year alone. Indian workers have also been spotted at factories in the Kaliningrad region and in technical roles for the e-commerce giant Ozon, which employs them in warehousing and software development.
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