The Russian authorities decided not to punish those who fled mobilization
The law limiting the number of citizens who have the right to work remotely is not intended to punish those who fled Russia.
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko announced this at a press conference today, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“There is now an abundance of information that in this way the authorities want to punish those who left Russia at such a difficult and crucial moment. This is not what the law is about. We are not talking about any discrimination or violation of rights and freedoms. The point is to let the government determine a list of professions that, according to labor legislation, will not be allowed to enter into employment contracts for remote work - for tax non-residents living abroad for more than 6 months,” Matvienko said.
According to her, the law aims to protect Russia's national interests.
“The point is to ensure commercial and information security. I support the idea itself, but I think that its implementation needs to be approached very carefully. I believe that there is no need to make a list of certain professions for which tax non-residents will be deprived of the right to work remotely. It would be more correct to make a certain register of companies, organizations, positions that have access to personal data, data that affects information and commercial security. Go this way, and not prohibit all IT specialists from working remotely. On the contrary, we must support the IT industry in every possible way. I think that the discussion will proceed in this vein,” Matvienko said.
Earlier, the Minister of Digital Development of the Russian Federation, Maksut Shadayev, said that 80% of IT workers who escaped from mobilization continue to work for Russian companies.
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