Russia would ban foreigners from retail trade

The Russian government plans to ban foreign citizens from retail trade including markets, from the 1st of January 2012.

According to the draft regulation; foreign cititzens are not desirable for the sector, because adequate domestic labor is also available.
But according to the retail association; with the increase of living standard, a larger deficit occurs in the sector, only around Moscow 30 thousand posts are vacant – reports Világgazdaság Online.