As they reported from The Russian Ministry of Public Health and Social development there was issued in concordance with the Russian Ministry of Economic Development a list of 17 occupations that foreign citizens can apply for in Russia in 2009 without the procedure of obtaining a quota.

A representative of the Ministry informed that the approved list would help to attract highly skilled foreign specialists to Russia whom employers have need for due to lack of Russian employees of such qualification. Besides, this act is believed to contribute in future to elaboration and introduction of new technologies and to development of the innovative sector of the economy along with simplifying the procedure of attracting and taking advantage of high-qualified foreign specialists of certain categories.

It was the first time in the previous year when such document was worked out by the Ministry and there were around 16 thousands foreign employees who worked in Russia in 2008 holding occupations listed there.

Having analyzed the professional qualification structure of the contemporary and long-term need of foreign employees for the economy it was found that most high-qualified foreign specialists are used by employers as heads of enterprises, organizations and departments. The jobs of general director and director (head, managing director) of enterprise turned out to be the most wanted with 10 600 and 2 000 employees correspondingly.

While forming the list for the year 2009 there were marked and, along with unclaimed occupations, excluded from it some jobs that under the circumstances of the crisis of the financial system and some economic sectors can be occupied by Russian specialists such as head of the IT department and automated production control system engineer.

The list of professions (jobs, occupations) which foreign qualified specialists can claim to have in Russia in 2009 free of quota:

1. General director of joint venture
2. General director of association
3. General director of enterprise
4. General director of the general direction
5. General director of intersectoral scientific and technical complex
6. General director of production association
7. Director of plant
8. Director of representation
9. Director (managing director) of production association
10. Director of factory
11. Director (head, managing director) of enterprise
12. Director of business firm
13. Director of joint venture
14. Director of association
15. Director (head) of complex
16. Information protection engineer
17. Production processes automation and mechanization engineer