Legal grounds for being in Russia does not have 685 thousand foreigners — Kolokoltsev

Over 680 thousand foreign citizens do not have legal grounds to stay in Russia. This was stated by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev in an interview with journalist of the Rossiya TV channel Pavel Zarubin.

Summing up the work of the department for 2024, Kolokoltsev stressed that "the crime rate has decreased quite significantly." At the same time, the Minister noted the problem of crime growth tied to illegal labor and other migrants.

According to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, today there are 685 thousand citizens in the register of controlled entities who are in It is illegal in Russia.

"The main purpose of this register is to limit the number of foreign citizens illegally staying in our country, that is, those citizens who have lost their legal grounds for staying in our country," Kolokoltsev said.

Earlier, EADaily reported that the LDPR faction in The State Duma has prepared a bill aimed at tightening the rules for renting housing for migrants. First of all, the initiators propose to make it mandatory to conclude a lease agreement with foreigners, and to reduce the maximum term of the lease agreement to one year (today the term of such an agreement can reach five years).