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Russia issued 75.8% more migrant entry bans, Interior Ministry data show
More than 260,000 migrants were banned from entering Russia in the first eight months of 2026, a 75.8% increase from the previous year, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said, citing the Interior Ministry. Over nine months, bailiffs forcibly expelled 63,500 foreigners from the country.
The number of decisions banning migrants from entering Russia has risen sharply. State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said Friday that, according to Interior Ministry data, more than 260,000 migrants were banned from entering the country in the first eight months of 2026. That was 75.8% more than during the same period in 2025.
Volodin said most entry bans were linked to laws on administrative expulsion and deportation from Russia adopted by the State Duma. In addition, over nine months of 2026, the Federal Bailiff Service forcibly expelled 63,500 migrants who had violated Russian law, the State Duma chairman wrote on his channel on the Max messenger.
32 laws in two years
Volodin recalled that since 2024, the State Duma had adopted 32 federal laws aimed at changing migration policy. Of these, 21 were introduced on the initiative of lawmakers themselves.
The tightening is continuing this month. Since November 3, Russia has expanded the list of offenses for which foreigners may be expelled from the country: instead of the previous 22 offenses, it now includes 45. In St. Petersburg, authorities are preparing to extend until 2027 a ban on migrants working under patents in several sectors.
What this means for foreigners
An entry ban is generally imposed for a specific period and may be linked to administrative violations or exceeding the permitted period of stay. For foreign nationals who work, study or conduct business in Russia, including Turkish citizens, this means they must pay particular attention to migration registration rules, permitted periods of stay and requirements for immigration documents.
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