In Moscow, there are more than 5,000 Tajik taxi drivers

In Moscow, there are 220,000 taxi drivers, of which 59,400 are natives of other countries. Among them, the largest number comes from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

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According to the Moscow city hall, 27% of the total number of drivers are foreigners (59,400 — RBC). The largest number among them are natives of Kyrgyzstan (44,600), Tajikistan (5,200), and Uzbekistan (3,400).

It is reported that in August 2021, a taxi monitoring system was introduced in Moscow and the Moscow region. In the system, each driver is assigned a unique digital ID that contains information about the validity of their driver’s license, passenger transport permits, hours worked, and fines.

The city hall expected that the system would help prevent overworking among taxi drivers and reduce the number of traffic accidents involving them.

According to unofficial data, more than 2 million citizens of Tajikistan live and work in Russia. Typically, Tajik labor migrants are engaged in construction and heavy labor. In the passenger transport sector, labor migrants from Tajikistan are represented minimally.