Does Russia need foreign labor?

Until the end of the last century, the term "foreign labor" itself was in the vocabulary of only political scientists, but now it is used by a huge number of people. Moreover, in Russia they now consider migrant workers those who used to be just a compatriot. In short, yes, foreign labor in Russia is needed for many reasons. This is not disdained in the West, where the influx of emigrants from the former colonies can no longer be stopped, or, for example, in the United States, where even illegal immigrants are already converted to Americans.

The next global factor, which was the reason for the rise of more than one developing world economy, is, I apologize for the tautology, the developing economy itself. Any economy that wants to grow is required to sit on a drug called "foreign labor." Otherwise, such an economy is called developed, that is, one that has nowhere else to expand in breadth, but only needs to go deeper. Such a comparison will always be lame, but, in fact, it is true.

It is no secret that, on the one hand, the demographic situation in the Russian Federation, and on the other hand, is the largest land territory, determine the internal policy of the state. It has been said more than once that in some places on the external borders of the Russian Federation there is a sharp imbalance in population density - China in this regard is not the only state. The positive effect that foreign labor can give is evident here: there is already some positive experience with the penetration of foreigners in the Urals and in Western Siberia, where the shortage of labor is pathological.

Additionally, the reason, which is complex, is nothing but Russia's natural wealth. It’s not far off when the state’s oil and gas production will become secondary, even from a budget point of view.

If a country considers it necessary to survive as a state, as an established set of nations, then the attitude towards people will have to change radically. But the role that foreign labor will play will have to remain the same. In any state, there should be a certain category of the population, whose work would be evaluated at the lower edge, but which would be involved in sectors of the economy that bring real profit. Without this, the creation of national wealth is simply impossible.

Finally, a purely quantitative factor also plays an important role. The point here is that when there are people in a region, its natural development takes place. Any person needs some kind of minimum living conditions, food, communication, relaxation, finally. Therefore, each of these aspects entails the activities of other people, the development of a local business, etc.

Thus, by issuing a work permit to any foreigner, Russia automatically creates new jobs and attracts investments directly to those regions where these people settle. Perhaps someone will object that from an economic point of view this is not profitable, but not a single state in the world will ever give up cheap labor or, now gaining more relevance, from attracting skilled labor (formerly the States and Western Europe, and now Brazil and China).