This was recently announced by Boris Titov, Russia's special representative for relations with international organizations in the field of sustainable development, to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Vinay Kumar, the Indian ambassador in Moscow who also spoke with the agency, said between 70,000 and 80,000 Indian citizens were already working in Russia at the end of 2025.
This movement from India to Russia has its origins in an agreement on labor mobility signed in December 2025 at a meeting in New Delhi between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The document plans for a quota of over 70,000 Indian citizens for 2026.
