MOSCOW ¨C A group of weary-looking Indian men carrying sports bags queued at passport control at a busy Moscow airport one recent evening after flying over 2,700 miles ¡ª and via Uzbekistan ¡ª to get work.
¡°I have a contract for one year. In the rubbish disposal business. The money is good,¡± said Ajit, one of the men, speaking in English.
Faced with what the authorities say is an immediate ?shortage of at least 2.3 million workers, a shortfall exacerbated by the strain of Russia¡¯s war in Ukraine and one that Russia¡¯s traditional ?source of ?foreign labor ¡ª Central Asians ¡ª is not able to fill, Moscow is turning to a new supplier: India.
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