As said the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the law is aimed in particular at protecting the health of the population and the non-proliferation of novel coronavirus infection in Russia.
we are Talking about foreign citizens arriving in Russia in order not requiring a visa. According to the current rules they receive a patent for a period of one to twelve months, with the possibility of a single renewal. That is, a migrant worker can work in Russia without leaving for two years.
to Change the rules proposed by the head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots Leonid Kalashnikov (CPRF).
the Law was adopted in connection with the present difficulties in connection with cancellation on the background of a pandemic, a large part of the flight, the migrants who had to leave Russia in order to qualify for a new patent, are unable to do so. That is, they do not formally have legal grounds to continue working in Russia.