The Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation proposes to introduce the Russian analogue of the green card from 2019.

This is reported by the newspaper Izvestia referring to the draft program Digital Economy, aimed on the eve of the May holidays for approval in the relevant departments.

The Green Card will provide highly qualified foreigners of Russian origin who are fluent in Russian, the right to enter Russia and work on the territory of the country.

According to Internet ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev, the introduction of the map will be useful for Russia, but its effectiveness would be higher if it were implemented several years ago.

In early 2017, State Duma deputy Vladimir Sysoev announced the development of a bill that introduces the concept of "Russian map". Its owner would be entitled to a number of privileges - for work in the Russian Federation, free education, medical assistance and t. Get it could be former citizens of the USSR or their relatives. However, the bill has not yet been submitted to the State Duma.