MoscowRussia collected $3.77bn in migrant fees.

Those fees are paid mostly by laborers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Missing a monthly work-patent payment lapses legal status, letting Moscow freeze bank accounts under a 2025 registry.

Deputy Interior Minister Andrey Kikot said the legal labor segment, and revenue, will keep growing.

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TASS
foregrounds Russia's $3.77B migration revenue haul with projection of growth in legal labor migration fees

Sources: TASS