Russia’s State Duma approved, on second and third readings, a bill sharply raising fees for immigration-related services.
The fee for obtaining or renouncing Russian citizenship rose 12-fold, to 50,000 from 4,200 rubles. The fee for a permanent residence permit increased fivefold, to 30,000 from 6,000 rubles; the temporary residence permit fee rose eightfold, to 15,000 from 1,900.
The fee for hiring foreign workers also increased, to 15,000 rubles each.
Russia’s Finance Ministry proposed the increases. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the authorities want to “influence the quality of people coming into the country.”
“They should be people who are established and have achieved a great deal,” he added.
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