All news: Russian Federation

Meeting between the Russian Minister of Labour and Director of the ILO Moscow Office

On November, 14 2016, a meeting was held between Olga Koulaeva, DWT/CO Moscow Director, and Maxim Topilin, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation.

Young Union Activists Meet in Astrakhan

An international seminar for young labour union activists from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia, co-organised by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FITUR) and the International Labour Organisation, ended on 10 November in...

Olga Koulaeva Appointed as Director of DWT/CO for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Olga V. Koulaeva was appointed Director of the ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia on 1 November 2016.

Students of Gubkin State University Visit ILO Moscow Office

On October 13, 2016 the ILO Office in Moscow held a meeting with participants of the Executive MBA Programme of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University).

Peer review of Youth Employment Policies and Programmes in Yerevan

On 5-6 October 2016 Yerevan, capital of Armenia, hosted the fifth round of Voluntary Peer Review of Youth Employment Policies and Programmes.

Tackling Youth Employment Challenges: Workshop for Employers’ Organizations

Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russian Federation and Uzbekistan gathered at the ILO’s International Training Center (ITC) in Turin on 26-29 September 2016.

Partners Thank ILO Office Director Dimitrina Dimitrova for Productive Cooperation

On 30 September 2016, Dimitrina Dimitrova, Director of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, completed her term in our region.

South Urals Railway Joins ILO HIV/AIDS Initiative

The South Urals Railway operations in Chelyabinsk Region are piloting the ILO's Global Voluntary and Confidential HIV Counselling and Testing at Work (VCT@WORK) Initiative on behalf of the Russian Railways Company.

Russia: New Incentives to Support Economic Activity and Employment of Older People

Encouraging older people's employment is increasingly important for Russia, in terms of improving living standards and making the best use of senior citizens' education and productive potential as contributions to the national economy.

Central Asia Youth Discuss Promoting Trade Union Rights

5-7 of July in Kyrgyzstan a meeting of Central Asia Young Trade Union Activists’ Network was organized with support of the ILO. The topic of the meeting was c „Fundamental workers’ rights and their promotion by young trade unionists”. The event...

Youth

Russian Federation: Towards more protection of young workers

Councils for promoting youth employment created in Kalmykia

Meetings to set up councils for promoting youth employment were held in Elista, the capital, and two rural districts of Kalmykia, attended by representatives of the Republic's various ministries, employers, trade unions, educational institutions,...

SPIEF - B20 Meeting

Intervention of Mr Heinz Koller at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)

Subregional seminar on “Informal Economy: trade union policies and actions”

On 13-14 June Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted the ILO seminar entitled “Informal Economy: Policies and actions of trade unions" and devoted to the ILO Recommendation No 204.

Legal Guarantees of Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue: A Conference in Tomsk

On 25 to 26 May, the ILO-FITUR Conference “Legal Guarantees of Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue” was held in Tomsk for participants from the Siberian Federal District (SFO), attended by Sergey Nekrasov, FITUR First Deputy Chairman.

Youth Employment Network: Conference in Stockholm and Oslo

The bi-annual network conference was organ¬ized on 17-25 May in Stockholm, Sweden, and Oslo, Norway, at the request of the tripartite constituents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan...

Russian Federation Health and Safety Week

ILO calls for strengthened investment in workers’ safety and health

The International Labour Organization (ILO) highlights the need to scale up prevention to ensure a safe and healthy workplace and fight the HIV epidemic.

An International Conference on Youth Employment in Ufa

An international conference on peer review of youth employment policies and programmes was held in Ufa, Bashkortostan, on 6 to 9 April 2016.

Tripartism is particularly important in times of economic hardships – D. Dimitrova

On 23 March, as part of the programme of the traditional annual Russian Business Week, the Social Forum was held in Moscow on “Responsible interaction of business and government in the interest of social stability”.

Sakhalin Launches Discussion on Labour in 21st Century

15 March 2016 – ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia presented today in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk its vision of labour in 21st century.