Thus, 410 126 quota slots have been approved for the whole territory of the Russian Federation (last year it was 460 510 slots); 21 445 will go to Moscow, 27 337 ? to Saint Petersburg.

The Decree will come into force on December 31, 2012. At the same time Decree on Quota distribution between companies-employers has not yet been officially published.

Besides that Ministry of Health and Social development approved and published the Decree # 568n dated December 3, 2012 On non-quota position for the year 2013.

The list of non-quota positions has been extended and includes 59 positions:

Position title

1 Circus performer
2 Ballet performer
3 Ballet performer (principal)
4 Artist-musician (opera and chamber)
5 Artist-musician (principal)
6 Actor
7 Orchestra performer
8 Symphony (chamber) orchestra performer
9 Deputy production-director
10 Deputy art-director
11 Ballet master
12 General director of a joint stock company
13 General director of a joint enterprise
14 General director of an enterprise
15 General director of general directorship
16 General director of an inter-industry scientific venture
17 General director of a production facility
18 Senior principal engineer of a project
19 Senior principal engineer (in industry)
20 Director of the department
21 Director (head) of a branch office
22 Director of a plant
23 Director of economic affairs
24 Head of the Representative office
25 Director of a factory
26 Director (head, representative) of directorship
27 Director (head, executive) of an enterprise
28 Director of a firm
29 Director of a joint stock company
30 Director of a joint enterprise
31 Band Director
32 Deputy Chairman of the Board
33 Sound engineer
34 Sound supervisor
35 IT security engineer
36 Engineer of automation and mechanization of production procedures
37 Industrial engineer
38 Engineer for production control system
39 Engineer for automatic process control system
40 Engineer for realization of new technology
41 Quality engineer
42 Setting and testing engineer
43 Engineer for production management and control
44 Pre-production engineer
45 Engineer-welder
46 Design-engineer
47 Electrical engineer
48 Ringmaster
49 Stunt coordinator
50 President of a consortium (consolidated group, corporation, etc) (socio-economic entity)
51 Chairman of the Board
52 Stage manager
53 Production director
54 Ballet coach
55 Drilling technician
56 Setting and testing technician
57 Technician
58 Choreograph
59 Art director

The Decree will come into force on January 6, 2013 and therefore companies that plan to use non-quota positions for employment of foreign nationals will be able to commence the process right after January 9, 2013.