Over 37,000 Kyrgyzstanis are on black list of Russia

16:36, 24 августа 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anastasia BENGARD

At least 37,420 citizens of Kyrgyzstan are on the black list of the Federal Migration Service of Russia. Director of the Center for Employment of Citizens Abroad under the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration, Kubandyk Akmatbekov, told 24.kg news agency.

According to him, there were 82,420 of them until June 2022. «But within the framework of negotiations at the highest level, an agreement was reached to reduce the list by 45,000 people. People who committed minor offenses were deleted from it,» Kubandyk Akmatbekov said.

You can check presence of a temporary ban on entry into the Russian Federation on migrant.kg website. To do this, it is necessary to enter the full name, as well as the date of birth.

«About 30,000 citizens annually turn to us on the black list issues only, to find out whether they are on it or not, and what to do in such cases,» the official said.