Migrants are required to learn Russian
The State Duma approved a bill that obliges those who wish to receive permission not to work for foreigners without fail to pass an examination in the Russian language. The amendments do not apply to highly qualified specialists - only to future employees in the housing and utilities sector, trade and consumer services.The document is to enter into force on December 1 2012. From now on, a person wishing to work, for example a janitor, a native migrant from Central Asia will need to provide a certificate of state testing in the Russian language, issued in a specialized center. In addition, to obtain a work permit will not work without a state document on education (not lower than the average) with its notarized translation into Russian.
Testing migrants for knowledge of the Russian language is authorized at 160 educational institutions. For the ability to express in Russian visitors will have to pay. According to FMS estimates, the exam will cost about 6 thousand rubles, the Russian language courses themselves can be free.
At the beginning of this year, Vladimir Putin suggested that guest workers be obliged to study Russian in compulsion. The concept of migration policy before 2025, encouraged by Dmitry Medvedev at the end of April, provided for this provision.
The Ministry of Education and Science believes that it is easiest to teach migrants the Russian language using classical poetry. According to Izvestia, the ministry plans to create three electronic poetry collections containing, in sum, 180 works of more than 20 poets. Some poems will be accompanied by a video series. In 2012, the list of references should end, and the first collection will be presented for some reason only in 2014.
At the same time, a number of experts believe that forcing migrants to learn Russian is not only a difficult task, but also ineffective. Pessimists are inclined to believe that this idea will affect not so much the assimilation of migrants, but rather the expansion of the corruption market.
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