The Labor Market in Post-Reform Russia: the Role of Foreign Labor Force in Today's Russian Economy

The article is devoted to identifying and analyzing the factors which intensify migration to the RF and are conducive to expanding the practice of using foreign labor force, characteristic of employment in today's Russian economy. Special attention is given to the history and peculiar features of the formation and development of the current national labor market, as well as to its specific nature, resulting in the need to bring in workers from abroad. The authors point out that today the situation in the labor market in post-reform Russia is characterized by a number of negative trends in the sphere of forming labor resources, which can be overcome, among other things, by importing foreign workers. The authors also assess the economic and social effects of the presence of foreign labor migrants in the Russian labor market on the country's economy and society as a whole. Views on migration and migrants typical of Russian citizens are considered and analyzed.