The Russian government has banned foreigners from selling alcohol and drugs, as well as from working as salespeople at marketplaces and retail outlets outside of stores.
The resolution will be effective from January 1, 2011.
Russian residents have often complained that nationals of impoverished former Soviet republics arrive in the country in big numbers and take jobs depriving the Russians of a chance to earn money.
MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti)
