During BRICS Foreign Ministers’ week in New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on 16 May to review the ‘Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership’. According to the Ministry of External Affairs read-out, the pair discussed facilitating mobility of skills and talent alongside cooperation in trade, energy and connectivity.
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Officials said both sides are examining a Mutual Recognition of Qualifications (MRQ) mechanism covering engineering, IT and advanced manufacturing—sectors where Indian professionals already work in Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg under intra-company transfers. The proposal would complement the 2025 India-Russia agreement on simplified work visas for assignments under 24 months. From a corporate-mobility perspective, the renewed push could streamline G-to-G invitation letters, currently a major bottleneck for Indian EPC and pharma firms executing projects in Russia. Conversely, Russian energy companies looking to staff LNG and nuclear ventures in India may gain expanded visa quotas and English-language testing waivers. The ministers also tasked their teams with exploring joint digital platforms to track worker welfare—mirroring India’s forthcoming IVFRT 3.0 upgrades—and to pilot a post-arrival orientation module in both Hindi and Russian. HR leaders with Russia-bound assignees should monitor forthcoming MRQ guidelines and prepare parallel credential dossiers for quicker attestation.
For companies and professionals preparing to leverage these mobility channels, VisaHQ can simplify the paperwork by coordinating work-visa applications, notarizations and courier logistics for both India-to-Russia and Russia-to-India assignments; explore their bespoke support services at https://www.visahq.com/india/
Officials said both sides are examining a Mutual Recognition of Qualifications (MRQ) mechanism covering engineering, IT and advanced manufacturing—sectors where Indian professionals already work in Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg under intra-company transfers. The proposal would complement the 2025 India-Russia agreement on simplified work visas for assignments under 24 months. From a corporate-mobility perspective, the renewed push could streamline G-to-G invitation letters, currently a major bottleneck for Indian EPC and pharma firms executing projects in Russia. Conversely, Russian energy companies looking to staff LNG and nuclear ventures in India may gain expanded visa quotas and English-language testing waivers. The ministers also tasked their teams with exploring joint digital platforms to track worker welfare—mirroring India’s forthcoming IVFRT 3.0 upgrades—and to pilot a post-arrival orientation module in both Hindi and Russian. HR leaders with Russia-bound assignees should monitor forthcoming MRQ guidelines and prepare parallel credential dossiers for quicker attestation.
