Search: Migration,Russia (59 materials)

 

Does Tajikistan Have a Choice Amid Anti-Russian Sanctions?

... which is almost a million more than in the same period of 2021. Such impressive figures evidence both the migration make-up rebound following border closings during the coronavirus pandemic, and Tajikistani citizens’ growing need to earn money in Russia. Shirin Amonzoda, Tajikistan’s Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment, says that 90% of all of Tajikistan’s migrants go to Russia. In August 2022, Moscow announced the resumption of railway traffic between the two states, which could additionally stimulate an influx of labor force from Tajikistan....

23.08.2022

Ian Bond: EU Is Always Open to Dialogue with Russia, but It All Depends on the Terms

... Refugees (UNHCR), that could be extremely problematic and make it very difficult for the EU to continue cooperating with Turkey on migration and refugee issues. So there will be a lot of concern about that and the regional destabilization it might cause. And,... ... discussion at the EU level about a common approach to some of these matters. The Council of Europe recently voted to reinstate Russia’s membership of the Parliamentary Assembly. Doyou view this as a sign that the EU is ready for dialogue with Russia? ...

30.10.2019

Russia’s State Migration Policy Concept 2019–2025

... set up the State Migration Policy Concept 2019-2025, which is designed to attract foreigners and migrants to re-populate these areas with low populations. Irina Ivakhnyuk: Discrepancy Between Enforcement and Policy: Reforms Needed with Russian Labor Migration? Russia will actively support skilled workers to live in these areas of low population and encourage permanent residence if workers build closer ties to Russia. Russia specifically wants to negotiate with India on its State Migration Policy concept so ...

25.06.2019

How Ukraine Will Change After Zelensky’s Victory

... Europe) to attract Ukrainian labor resources (including illegal labor migration through the visa-free regime with the European Union). The number of Ukrainian people in Russia is still rather impressive. Those who can find accommodation and a job in Russia will still prefer to remain in emigration due to the apparent discrepancy in the standard of living and the far more stable domestic situation in Russia (the fact that that many Ukrainians currently living in Russia fled from domestic conflicts that have been going on for over five ...

29.04.2019

How to Stop Corruption: It Should Be Easier to Register than to Bribe

... implemented in Russia? Are there any gaps between official migration policy and the real practice of regulating migration? If so, what are the weaknesses of the current system? Irina Ivakhnyuk: Discrepancy Between Enforcement and Policy: Reforms Needed with Russian Labor Migration? Things are moving in the right direction, but rather slowly. The authorities were able to streamline the work with CIS labour migrants through the introduction of patent system. The situation with selling quotas used to be plainly speculative....

21.02.2019

Discrepancy Between Enforcement and Policy: Reforms Needed with Russian Labor Migration?

... approach from the point of view of international migration law. What are the most urgent problems regarding the working and living conditions of migrants in Russia? How are they being solved, how should they be solved? The internal discrepancy of the Russian migration legislation is that the supremacy of state interests (economic, political, demographic, national security interests) does not correlate with the understanding that there are real people behind the notion of "migration flows". People ...

20.02.2019

A Pragmatic View on Migration

... considerations are the priority. Such a period involves tightening migration legislation and shutting down illegal migration channels. As a rule, this entails a rise in illegal migration, since, if people are determined to leave their countries and come to Russia (migration is an inertial process), then they will find a way to do so, either legally or illegally. Their arrival as illegal migrants is certainly worse: they will not be protected and will search for various ways to earn money (these ways will not always ...

05.10.2018

RIAC and Delegation of the EU to Russia Hold a Seminar on «Challenges Posed by the Refugee and Migration Crisis, and Opportunities for Cooperation between the EU and Russia»

... between the EU and Russia to address them, organized jointly by Russian International Affairs Council, Delegation of the European Union to Russia , and Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). The following issues were discussed in the course of the event: migration in Russia and the EU, opportunities for Russia-EU interaction in the area of migration, and the prospects for the sharing experience. Experts from Russia and the EU, the permanent members of the group, as well as experts invited to speak on relevant topics ...

24.04.2018

III International Conference “Managing Migrant Integration: The European and Russian Contexts” Comes to a Close

... aspects of the labour market, education, interaction with diasporas, and the possibilities of using international experience in Russia. At the conference, RIAC and the Centre for Strategic Research (CSR) presented a joint paper entitled “Proposals for Russia’s Migration Strategy Through 2025.” The paper was presented by RIAC Director of Programs Ivan Timofeev, Head of the Foreign and Security Policy Department of the Centre for Strategic Research and RIAC expert Sergey Utkin, and RIAC expert and member of ...

27.09.2017

Proposals for Russia’s Migration Strategy through 2035

... The unfavourable demographic trends and the declining and ageing of the pop­ulation were partially offset by an influx of temporary and permanent migrants from other post-Soviet states, but numerous errors in the migration policy led to a decrease in Russia’s migration attractiveness, turning migration into a source of social tension and an instrument of political infighting. The errors were caused, among other things, by the lack of a migration strategy and coordinated migration-related decision-making processes....

26.09.2017
 

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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