Overview

• India's Ambassador Vinay Kumar said Russian machinery and electronics firms are increasingly hiring skilled Indians under existing regulations and quotas.
• Most Indians in Russia still work in construction and textiles, but demand is expanding into higher-skilled industrial roles, the envoy told TASS.
• Ural Chamber chief Andrey Besedin told RBC that Russia plans to bring in up to one million foreign workers by year-end, citing urgent needs in the Sverdlovsk industrial base.
• Russia's Labour Ministry projects a workforce shortfall of about 3.1 million by 2030 and has proposed lifting the 2025 quota for qualified foreign workers to 230,000.
• Kumar and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar defended India's purchases of Russian energy as decisions driven by national interest and energy security in response to U.S. criticism.