The head of Russian Railways called the number of women allowed to work as a machinist – RBK

In 2021, 61 women started working as machinists, reported Russian Railways General Director Oleg Belozerov at a meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

“The year 2021 was also unique in that women were admitted to work as a machinist. Already 61 people have been admitted to independent work, ”Belozerov said.

Belozerov said that Russian Railways was investigating the working conditions of the drivers. Since the ban on the employment of women in this profession was introduced, conditions have changed “very seriously,” Belozerov said. There is no information on what exactly the changes are in the transcript.

Women can work as drivers of long-distance trains, metro and electric trains from January 1, 2021. In 2019, the Ministry of Labor revised the approved in 2000 scroll out of 456 professions prohibited for women. Now women can also take positions of skipper, parachutist or car mechanic.