... will attempt or even be able to become at least a partly “non-mainstream” president, or whether his actions will ultimately boil down to a balancing act between oligarchic groups or simply to following in the wake of one of them.
Andrey Kortunov:
Russia and Ukraine: Four Scenarios for the Future
Should we expect a change to the scale of emigration and the return of Ukrainians to their homeland?
Viktor Mironenko:
This will certainly happen, but in the medium term, rather than the short term.
Aleksandr Gushchin:
Depopulation and deindustrialization have become the principal markers of ...
Over the two decades of the post-Soviet period, Ukraine has been the key migration partner for Russia, with almost two million individuals having emigrated to Russia since 1992, according to Russia's Federal Statistics Agency. In 2012, more than 50,000 more arrived, which makes Ukraine Russia's second largest supplier of immigrants after Uzbekistan ...
The current crisis in Ukraine is expected to cause only a slight, short-term rise in “stress” immigration into Russia. However, in the longer term, the level of immigration from Ukraine to Russia is expected to fall, mostly due to Russia’s tarnished image, particularly as perceived in Western Ukraine, and a broader range of legitimate opportunities for the Ukrainians to move to countries in the developed Western world.
Ever since ...
On December 26, 2013 the Russian International Affairs Council, "Creative diplomacy" and the Youth section of the Association for Euro-Atlantic ... ... international relations had an opportunity to discuss some of the most important challenges Russia is facing today:
1) Do Russia and Ukraine need each other?
2) Is the image of Russia abroad so important for the country?
3) Does the Eurasian Union need new members?...
