Foreigners At Huge Moscow Market Face Deportation
''Market Closed'' sign at the Cherkizovsky market in Moscow on June 30
July 10, 2009
MOSCOW -- Some 150 foreigners working in Moscow's largest outdoor market have been told they have 10 days to leave the country, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Russia's Federal Migration Service announced that the foreigners -- mainly citizens of China and Vietnam -- have no officially registered employers and therefore must leave Russia.
The Cherkizovsky market, regarded as the largest market in the Russian capital, is temporarily closed for inspection.