Problems of external labor migration and unemployment of Russian citizens during the coronavirus pandemic
The article deals with the problems of external labor migration in Russia and unemployment of Russian citizens that arose in connection with the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The article analyzes the situation in the «migrant-intensive» sectors of the Russian economy and the reasons for job loss by migrant workers. It is emphasized that the measures taken by the Russian authorities in the context of the coronavirus pandemic not only simplified the life of law-abiding labor migrants, but also contributed to the legal employment and exit from shadow employment of some migrants who conduct illegal labor. A number of proposals have been developed to take additional measures to regulate the legal status of migrant workers and remove them from shadow employment. The article also analyzes the state of the Russian labor market and the problems of unemployment of Russian citizens in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Measures are proposed to encourage employers to modernize low-skilled jobs in «migrantintensive» sectors of the Russian economy in order to attract Russian citizens.