The Federal Migration Service (FMS) denies information about the termination of issuing work permits to citizens of Tajikistan.

“Everyone who is not too lazy is starting to make some statements. We consider these statements provocative,” told Interfax on Thursday evening. FMS spokeswoman Zalina Kornilova

Gazeta.Ru earlier on Thursday that the Federal Migration Service had stopped considering applications from Tajiks for work permits The chairman of the Tajik Labor Migrants movement, Karomat Sharipov, told .

“Today, the Federal Migration Service has stopped accepting applications for work permits for citizens of Tajikistan, even people with higher education. I was told about this by people who tried to submit applications today; they came to them and said that they would not consider anything,” Sharipov told Gazeta.Ru.

A little earlier, the Federal Migration Service confirmed that ten foreign labor migrants were detained on Thursday, without specifying their nationality. This confirmation came immediately after the Holy Russia movement announced a raid in the center of Moscow, during which 50 citizens of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan were allegedly detained .

Sharipov said he knew nothing about the detention of Tajiks in central Moscow on Thursday evening.

Earlier on Thursday, following a meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev and the head of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky, at which Tajik migrants were discussed, reports emerged indicating that a large-scale campaign against Tajik citizens, reminiscent of the 2006 campaign, may have begun in Russia.

The day before , Medvedev warned that measures, including “asymmetrical ones,” would be taken against Tajikistan. At a meeting with bloggers, he commented on the verdict against Russian airline pilots Viktor Sadovnichy and Alexey Rudenko .

The Federal Migration Service denies reports that it has stopped issuing work permits to citizens of Tajikistan - Gazeta.Ru