Migration an ‘acute issue’ for Russia – Putin

The country should boost productivity and focus on high-tech to cut reliance on low-skilled foreign workers, the president has said

Migration is an “acute issue” for Russia, President Vladimir Putin stated during his traditional end-of-year press conference on Thursday. The country’s labor market is grappling with severe shortages, which the president attributed to a dwindling domestic workforce and a reliance on migrant labor.   

To reduce the number of migrants...