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Russia and Belarus are seeking foreign workers as aging, emigration, and the consequences of war put pressure on their labor markets.
Russian employers are expanding recruitment from India, while North Korean deployments raise concerns about coercion and sanctions evasion. In Belarus, complaints from Uzbek recruits expose the gap between official promises and workplace conditions.
In this episode of Eastern Express, host Jonasz Rewiński and his guest, Mikhail Alexseev, Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University, examine whether immigration can ease these shortages and what it would take to retain workers. Can either government rebuild its workforce without addressing why people leave?
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: Foreign workers as solution to labor shortages in Russia & Belarus
03:46 Introduction: Why recruitment alone cannot solve the crisis
07:41 Interview: War and demographic decline affect Russia differently
10:30 Interview: Xenophobia and the changing migrant experience in Russia
14:08 Interview: Belarus struggles to make migration economically attractive
18:42 Eastern News Flash
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