Legal Regulations Governing Work by Foreign Citizens in the USSR

The development of foreign economic ties holds an important place among the tasks posed by the "Main Directions for the Development of the USSR Economy in 1976-80." Specific provision is made for the following: the fullest possible expansion and deepening of economic and scientific-technological cooperation with socialist countries based on mutual benefit and comradely mutual aid; the expansion and strengthening of ties with developing countries on a long-term, stable, and mutually beneficial basis; and the further development of trade and mutually beneficial economic and scientific-technological cooperation with the industrially advanced capitalist countries on a long-term basis.