The Department on migration issues of Russian Interior Ministry specified whether the branches and representative offices of foreign legal entities in Russia can hire foreign citizens working based on patents or not
New procedure of documents submission for HQS work permit at the Department on migration affairs of Russian Interior Ministry (St. Boyarsky Pereulok, 4)
Starting from mid-November 2016, temporary residence permits, permanent residence permits, and Russian citizenship will be issued at the new address in the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky Administrative District
On October 24, 2016, the Multifunctional migration center in Sakharovo (MMC) started sending SMS messages to foreign citizens who did not pay for the patent or made a wrong payment
On October 20, 2016, Anna Dyakonova, the Head of the temporary residence permits and residence permits division of the Department of Migration issues of the Ministry of Interior affairs, was detained for taking bribes
On October 24, 2016, the Constitutional Court of the RF stated that the ban on entry into Russia for foreign citizens, cured of tuberculosis, does not comply with the RF Constitution
In September 2016 the checkpoint "Krasnaya Gorka" was closed for the transit of foreign citizens except citizens of Belarus and Russia. Transit of other foreign citizens is possible through two other checkpoints