Russias Novosibirsk region has banned migrants from working as taxi drivers and selling beverages and tobacco, according to a decreesigned by Governor Andrei Travnikov on Monday.The measure comes amid mountingpressure on foreign workers mostly from Central Asian countries across Russia in the aftermath of last monthsdeadly concert hall attack outside Moscow.
The four suspected gunmen behind the massacre are said to be citizens of Tajikistan.According to Travnikovsdecree, companies in Novosibirsk are required to fire migrant workers who drive taxis or sell tobacco and beverages within 60 days.Central Russias Novgorod regionimposed a similar ban on March 26, just four days after the attack on Crocus City Hall, which left 145 people dead and hundreds more wounded.Before the deadly shooting,restrictionsagainstmigrants working in certain professionswere enforced in nine Russian regions.In 2015, the Russian governmentgrantedregional authorities the right to ban foreign workers for up to one year in order to regulate local labor markets and prioritize Russian citizens for employment.