Due to the changes in the Russian law, 220,000 Armenian citizens may lose their seasonal work in Russia, demographer Ruben Yeganyan stated at a press conference on Monday.

“[About] 50,000 people cannot enter Russia; [around] 170,000 [people] already have broken the Russian immigration law and they will not be able to enter there for three to five years,” Yeganyan said.  

He added that, as a result, there will be more [Armenian] citizens in Armenia in spring, and they will need jobs.   

Ruben Yeganyan stated that the majority of migrant workers in Russia continue working solely based on verbal agreements.