Anti-migrant unrest in Yakutsk. Restrictions have been introduced on the employment of foreigners
In March 2019, the rape of a woman in Yakutsk provoked a series of threats against migrants and pogroms of vegetable stalls. On March 27, 2019, the head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, signed a decree limiting the employment of migrants in the region. Mass riots with “ethnic overtones” occurred in Yakutsk after local resident Oksana Varlamova became a victim of rape on March 17, 2019. Without delay, the suspects were detained and then arrested.