In Russia, according to the article, residence registration may be abolished to make it easier for people to move in search of work amid the crisis and the closure of town forming enterprises. The author notes that the current registration system hinders labor mobility and makes moving to another region difficult and costly. It is reported that the government is allegedly already developing a plan for full or partial abolition of registration, although the Interior Ministry may resist this.

Most likely, registration at one’s place of residence will be abolished in Russia.
The reason for this is the notorious financial crisis. According to Rosstat, 72% of the population of our country live in cities and urban-type settlements that have no more than three city-forming enterprises. If a city-forming enterprise begins mass layoffs or, worse still, shuts down, social tension grows in a small town: there is nowhere to work.
A vivid recent example is the situation with the BPPM. Therefore, for an ordinary person who has lost a job at a factory or in service, one way to overcome the crisis is to try to leave it behind. However, for those who have decided to move to another region, a barrier immediately arises in the form of registration.
Without registration, even temporary, it is difficult to get a job, and renting housing with registration costs much more than without it. After all, in this case the owner of the rented housing has to spend extra time and money. In the past, there was an institution of dormitories at large enterprises. Now, unfortunately, this can no longer be said - there are practically no dormitories, or they have long since ceased to be the property of enterprises.
This problem was first raised on December 4 during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s live call-in session with the public. The Prime Minister agrees that in this situation there is a need to increase citizens’ labor mobility. The authorities are interested in making it as easy as possible for a Russian to move from one place of residence to another in connection with a change of job.
If the authorities want a real easing of labor migration, then the only way is to abolish registration altogether. This is an unprecedented decision for Russia. And the Ministry of Internal Affairs will resist it desperately. But social explosions in individual cities and urban-type settlements are much worse for the authorities.
According to some reports, the Russian Government is now, in an atmosphere of strict secrecy, developing a draft for the complete or partial abolition of the institution of registration for citizens (in Soviet terms — residence registration). In a period when many city-forming enterprises are shutting down and will continue to shut down, this will help the workforce quickly move from one region of the country to another.
Let us hope that this effective law will still be adopted.