Ryazantsev S.V. Kashepov A.V. Migrant workers in the Russian labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic – contradictions between business interests and real politics. Social policy and sociology. 2021. Vol. 20. No. 3 (140). Pp. 155-164. Ryazantsev S.V. Kashepov A.V. Migrant workers in the Russian labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic – contradictions between business interests and real politics. Social policy and sociology. 2021. Vol. 20. No. 3 (140). Pp. 155-164.ISSN 2071-3665DOI 10.17922/2071-3665-2021-20-3-155-164РИНЦ: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=47425375Posted on site: 24.05.22Текст статьи/выпуска на сайте журнала URL: https://rgsu.net/netcat_files/multifile/5219/17/SP_3_2021_V_PEChAT_.pdf (дата обращения 24.05.2022)AbstractThe article proposes a methodology for analyzing labor migration and employment in Russia in the context of the labor market transformation situation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the article is to review the available data on the problems of the labor market and substantiate the objective need for foreign labor based on the forecast of the balance of labor resources and sociological surveys of the population and employers of Russia. The practical significance consists in identifying new trends in labor relations between employers and foreign employees and current business requirements for labor resources from abroad.