Labor migrants and foreign citizens arriving in Russia for more than 90 days can be obliged to present HIV-free and no addiction certificates, reads a draft order prepared by the Interior Ministry of Russia, TASS reported yesterday.

Under this order, foreign citizens and stateless persons arriving in the Russian Federation for the period more than 90 days for purposes not related to the implementation of labor activity or for the purpose of carrying out labor activities medical documents certifying that they underwent medical examination for the presence or absence of the fact of use by them of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without a doctor's prescription or new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances, infectious diseases posing danger to others, <...> and a disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection).  

Recall, Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 1 signed a federal law on state fingerprint registration of visa-free foreign citizens in Russia.

Interfax says that according to the law, visa-free foreigners will now have to undergo fingerprinting, photographing and medical examination without fail within 90 calendar days from the date of entry.  They will be given a corresponding document.

And labor migrants will have to go through all these procedures within 30 days. They will be required to confirm the absence of HIV infection, infectious diseases that pose a danger to others, as well as drug addiction.

Moreover, if they are diagnosed with drug addiction or HIV infection, then “a decision will be made about the undesirability of their stay in Russia.” Failure to comply with this law threatens to reduce the length of stay of foreigners in Russia.