Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed to define and fix requirements for the level of Russian language proficiency for migrants coming to Russia to work, TASS reports.

“General rules in terms of language proficiency are needed for those who come to Russia to work. It is necessary to define and fix the level of language proficiency taking into account the real needs in employment, in communication in everyday life, taking into account the professional requirements of our social and cultural norms of behavior,” Putin said at a meeting of the Presidential Council on the implementation of state policy in the sphere of support for the Russian language and languages of the peoples of Russia.