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The Court of Cassation has referred the case concerning the undesirability of a migrant with HIV remaining in the country back to Tula The First Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction considered the case concerning a complaint lodged by Uktam...

Russia has expanded the grounds for declaring the stay of foreign nationals with dangerous infectious diseases, including HIV, undesirable. The new rules took effect on October 13, 2026, TASS reports, citing State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) member Igor...

Foreign nationals arriving in Novosibirsk to study or work are required to undergo a medical examination, for which they must pay. The examination covers 13 different areas. Health checks on foreign nationals in Novosibirsk have been tightened, according to the...

Translated with DEEPL – Scroll down for article in Russian Foreign nationals living with HIV in Russia: rights, opportunities and restrictions Russia remains a country with legal restrictions on foreign nationals living with HIV. A positive HIV status can serve...

Translated with Deepl.com – Scroll down for original article in Russian. Medical organisations will be required to provide the Ministry of the Interior and Rospotrebnadzor with information on infections among foreign nationals, including HIV, and cases of drug use, should...

The court reached this decision on the grounds that the disease could pose a threat to public health BLAGOVESHCHENSK,  A court in the Amur Region has ruled to deport an HIV-positive foreign national from Kazakhstan on the grounds that the...

Research presented by the HIV Justice Network at AIDS 2026 reveals that HIV-related travel restrictions are no longer disappearing, but instead they are evolving. Updated global data show that 49 jurisdictions continue to impose HIV-related migration restrictions, with many now...

Translated with Deepl. Scroll down for original article in Russian On 3 June 2026, the Federation Council approved a law requiring foreign nationals to undergo a medical examination within 30 days of their arrival in the Russian Federation. The procedure...

83 migrants with dangerous diseases who lived in the Nizhny Novgorod region were expelled from Russia in 2025. 49 of them, according to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the region, left...

Translated with Deepl.com – Scroll down for original article in Russian Syphilis and HIV among migrants have led to their deportation from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region The Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) has issued...