Russia to take around 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told a parliamentary consultative committee that Russia has agreed to take around 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year, mainly in construction and logistics. The deployment follows a labour mobility agreement signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin at a New Delhi summit last December, with a quota of more than 70,000 Indian workers during 2026. India's ambassador in Moscow said 70,000-80,000 Indians were already working there by end-2025. Russia's Labour Ministry projects a 3.1 million worker shortage by 2030.