While talking with news agency TASS, India’s envoy to Russia, Vinay Kumar, shared that Russian companies in the machinery and electronics sectors are looking to hire Indian workers.
“At a broader level, there is manpower requirement in Russia and India has a skilled manpower. So at present, within the Russian regulations, framework of Russian regulations, laws and quotas, the companies are hiring Indians,” Kumar said to TASS.
Kumar pointed out that “most of the people who have come are in construction and textile sector,” but that the demand in the machinery and electronics industries is rising. He also highlighted the growing workload of consular services as more Indians arrive for employment.
“When people come and leave, they need consular services to extend passport, childbirth, say for example, and loss of passport and those kinds, basically consular services,” Kumar told TASS.
In July 2025, Andrey Besedin, the head of the Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told the RosBusinessConsulting (RBC) news agency, “As far as I know, by the end of the year, 1 million specialists from India will come to Russia, including the Sverdlovsk region. A new Consulate General is opening in Yekaterinburg, which will deal with these issues.”
According to Besedin, the migration of the Indian workers by the end of 2025 will compensate for the shortage of highly qualified talent in the Sverdlovsk region. Sverdlovsk, and its capital, Yekaterinburg, is situated in the Ural mountains. The area is home to Russian heavy industry and the military-industrial complex. The businessman emphasised that industries in the area need to increase production but are facing a shortage of skilled workers.
Besedin attributed the lack of talent to workers being deployed in the military operation in Ukraine, and stated that young people do not go to factories. He added that while Russia was also considering inviting workers from Sri Lanka and North Korea, the issue was complex.
