The Altai Republic has extended support under the program “Providing Assistance for the Voluntary Resettlement to Russia of Compatriots Living Abroad” to repatriates

The Altai Republic BY DECREE of January 27, 2026 No. 62 has extended to repatriates the support provided under the program “Providing Assistance for the Voluntary Resettlement to Russia of Compatriots Living Abroad”

The state program for the return of compatriots living abroad was launched in the republic in 2020. In 2024, the Government of the Altai Republic approved the state program “Providing Assistance for the Voluntary Resettlement to the Altai Republic of Compatriots Living Abroad.” Since then, 56 applications have been received from repatriates.

The program runs from 2024 to 2026.

The Government of the Altai Republic decrees:
The support measures provided for by the state program “Providing Assistance for the Voluntary Resettlement to the Altai Republic of Compatriots Living Abroad,” approved by Decree No. 287 of the Government of the Altai Republic dated August 6, 2024, shall also apply to repatriates (members of their families) who have chosen the Altai Republic as their destination for resettlement.

Participants in the regional resettlement program receive support in various forms:

➡️assistance to participants with housing arrangements — partial reimbursement of rental (sublease) costs for residential premises.

➡️provision of social support measures:
- reimbursement of costs incurred by participants in the State Program and their family members for medical examinations and/or obtaining compulsory medical insurance policies.

- reimbursement of costs incurred by participants in the State Program for recognition of academic degrees and academic titles obtained by them and/or their family members in a foreign country, and recognition of education and/or qualifications obtained by them and/or their family members in a foreign country.

➡️Additional types of support for participants in the State Program who take up vacancies in specific specialties. This main activity includes, among other things, the following measures:

- provision of monthly cash payments to young specialists aged up to and including 35 who have received secondary vocational or higher education and have been hired as teaching staff by state educational organizations of the Altai Republic;

- provision of social support measures to certain categories of employees who work and live in rural areas of the Altai Republic, to cover the cost of housing with heating and electricity;

- professional allowances for the most in-demand categories of healthcare specialists.

➡️Repatriates may also receive support for initiatives to develop small businesses and agricultural farming.

The Ministry of Labor of the Altai Republic provides consultations and assistance with finding a job, vocational training and advanced training, and, if necessary, temporary employment during the adaptation period.

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10 Severnaya St., Gorno-Altaysk

More about the regional subprogram and support measures

Resettlement group for Altai Krai and the Altai Republic