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Russia Details ‘Nelegal‑2025’ Results: 128,000 Migration Violations, 19,000 Expulsion Orders

Officials presented consolidated totals from a two‑stage operation coordinated with the FSB, the MVD, Rosfinmonitoring, plus CSTO counterparts.

Overview

  • More than 100,000 of the recorded breaches involved rules on entry, exit, transit and stay, while about 28,000 related to illegal employment.
  • Investigators opened roughly 4,800 criminal cases for organizing illegal migration.
  • Authorities also launched about 1,500 cases for other offenses linked to the sweep, including drugs, weapons, unlawful border crossing, extremism and terrorism.
  • Police identified 673 people on the federal wanted list, 329 on an interstate list, and 37 on an international list.
  • The campaign combined administrative removal decisions with criminal investigations and was carried out in two stages under interagency oversight.