Overview
- The expected agreement would create legal migration pathways under a government-to-government framework and include protections for Indian workers.
- Russian Ministry of Labour quotas project more than 70,000 Indian nationals in official employment across Russia by the end of the year.
- Recruitment is set to focus on construction, textiles, engineering and electronics to meet demand for skilled and semi‑skilled labor.
- The Indian Business Alliance in Moscow backed the plan and pledged language and orientation programs along with welfare coordination with the Indian embassy and regional authorities.
- The push follows reports of Indians misled into Russian military service, with New Delhi confirming cases and seeking discharge, Moscow promising repatriation, and officials studying the Israel pact as a cautionary template.